2007-08-07 10:12:46 · 18 answers · asked by Mike H 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
In the first Die Hard, the terrorist referred to John as a "cowboy". Later, because he didn't want to give away his identity, he referred to himself as "Roy"...a reference to Roy Rogers, the singing cowboy of many black and white movies. Yippee ki yay was something cowboys said back the old black and white cowboy movies.
2007-08-07 10:15:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yippie Kai Yay and Yippie Kai Yo were two of the phrases that may have been in an old western ballad of the 1930s or 1940s (or even before) - I remember hearing them often in westerns in the 1940s and 1950s when movies, especially drive-in movies outside taverns and such were the only place kids could see such stuff before television took over everything in the 1950s.
They would especially be used by a bunch of cowboys as their trot increased to a gallup at the sight of the town they would be spending their free time and money in after a long, long work time on the range or cattle drive.
2007-08-07 17:20:53 · answer #2 · answered by Ben 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yippee ki yay has been around a long time- I don't know if it was around even before:
I'm an Old Cowhand from the Rio Grande is a song written by Johnny Mercer (lyrics and music) and Harry Warren (music) for the movie Rhythm on the Range (1936), sung by Bing Crosby. It has also been sung by Roy Rogers (Sons of the Pioneers), Frank Sinatra, and Harry Connick Jr., among others.
lyrics:
http://www.lyrics007.com/Bing%20Crosby%20Lyrics/I'm%20An%20Old%20Cowhand%20(From%20The%20Rio%20Grande)%20Lyrics.html
2007-08-07 17:20:52 · answer #3 · answered by ewsoprano 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a twist on Roy Rogers.
like an updated version.
yippee ki yay mother f*cker.
it's basically Bruce Willis' catch phrase through out the movies.
amazing.
I know.
2007-08-07 17:33:42 · answer #4 · answered by ilovenikkisix16 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was an expression of joy in the old west. It can be found in a song sung by Frank Sinatra, among others, called "I'm an Old Cowhand," and in the song "Ghost Riders In the Sky," sung by numerous people, including the country-rock band The Outlaws, and Johnny Cash.
2007-08-07 17:18:01 · answer #5 · answered by Stranger In The Night 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is actually a phrase used in a lot of old western movies. If you notice he first used it after he was talking about Roy Rogers.
He just uses it as an f-u saying.
2007-08-07 17:16:56 · answer #6 · answered by Jake S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is just a phrase that Roy Rogers or Hopalong Cassidy used to say
2007-08-07 17:17:39 · answer #7 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's an old cheer from Roy Rogers movies.
2007-08-07 17:14:47 · answer #8 · answered by largegrasseatingmonster 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think it's off an old Roy Roger's movie...meaningless,except to let you know the character was a fan of old westerns...a cowboy mentality...
2007-08-07 17:15:23 · answer #9 · answered by $andman 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It was usually used by cowboys to express joy. Much like a Rebel Yell, or a "hell, yeah!"
2007-08-07 17:19:53 · answer #10 · answered by lyllyan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋