Seriously, that joke was around before there were Cracker Jacks. Cavemen were rolling their stone wheels along with a stick and they would use that insult.
PRITHEE MY GOOD LORD, WHERE'ER DIDST THOU RECEIVE YON CERTIFICATE FOR OPERATION OF A CARRIAGE? METHINKS IT WAS DISGORGED FROM A PACKET OF CRACKER JACK. OHO OHO!