The cue is Frolic by Italian composer Luciano Michelini, adopted as the closing theme for HBO comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm, where episodes often end after Larry David creates an uncomfortable social disaster. Robert B. Weide was an early director and executive producer on the show, so his name appears on the end credits that meme editors copy. Clips using the format spread widely on YouTube, Twitter and TikTok in the late 2010s, becoming a standard shorthand for a self-inflicted fail with no possible recovery.