The clip traces back to Don Donald, a Donald Duck short released on January 9, 1937, where percussive stings were used to underline slapstick and musical gags in early Disney cartoons. That style of rimshot became a standard comedy cue in animation, vaudeville routines and later television, long before online editing. Soundboard and meme editors revived it because the hit is instantly recognisable, familiar from childhood cartoons, and short enough to drop into any timeline without covering speech or breaking the rhythm of a joke.