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Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. The one-liner "Yippee Ki Yay, motherfucker" is one of John McClane's most famous lines. It was voted #96 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere magazine in 2007. In the first film of the Die Hard series, Hans Gruber is talking to John McClane on the radio, mocking John.
Dec 22, 2022 · The term ‘yipee’ came about much later, with many citing the 1920 Sinclair Lewis Main Street as one of the first times the word was used in its new context: “she gave a student ‘Yippee!'”. ‘Yipee’ is familiar, but ‘ki-yay’ barely sounds English. Turns out, the one responsible for McClane’s shrill is Bing Crosby and his song ...
- Dwayne T. Robinson: How do you know that?
- John McClane: Glass, who gives a shit about glass?
- Hans Gruber: Mr. Mystery Guest? Are you still there?
- Dwayne T. Robinson: This is Deputy Chief of Police, Dwayne T. Robinson, and I am in charge of this situation.
Dec 18, 2022 · Published Dec 18, 2022. John McClane's profane catchphrase in Die Hard is a low-key battle cry for the ages, but the story behind it is more wholesome than obscene. John McClane’s R-rated update on Roy Rogers’ “yippee-ki-yay” catchphrase is one of the most iconic uses of profanity in movie history, but the real-life story behind the ...
Dec 19, 2022 · The iconic "Die Hard" line "yippee-ki-yay" made it into the movie's script due to a childhood connection, according to its screenwriter. Screenwriter Steven de Souza revealed during his appearance ...
Aug 11, 2023 · 5. “Now I have a machine gun. Ho, ho, ho.” – Hans Gruber. 6. “Come out to the coast, we’ll get together, have a few laughs…”. – John McClane. 7. “Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except… the four assholes coming in the rear in standard two-by-two cover formation.”.
Jun 30, 2019 · Yippee beans, by the way, are amphetamines. Yippie with an -ie refers to "a member of a group of politically radical hippies, active especially during the late 1960s." The word, which originated in 1968, stands for Youth International Party and was modeled after hippie. Now how about the whole phrase, yippee-ki-yay?
