<P> This song was featured in the 1938 film Going Places starring Dick Powell , Anita Louise and Ronald Reagan . Louis Armstrong appears in the part of Gabriel , the trainer of a race horse named Jeepers Creepers . Jeepers Creepers is a very wild horse and can only be soothed enough to let someone ride him when Gabriel plays the song `` Jeepers Creepers '' on his trumpet or sings it to him . Gabriel wrote the song specifically for the horse . ( The phrase `` jeepers creepers '' , a slang expression and minced oath euphemism for Jesus Christ , predates both the song and film . ) </P>
<P> This song was featured in the 1938 film Going Places starring Dick Powell , Anita Louise and Ronald Reagan . Louis Armstrong appears in the part of Gabriel , the trainer of a race horse named Jeepers Creepers . Jeepers Creepers is a very wild horse and can only be soothed enough to let someone ride him when Gabriel plays the song `` Jeepers Creepers '' on his trumpet or sings it to him . Gabriel wrote the song specifically for the horse . ( The phrase `` jeepers creepers '' , a slang expression and minced oath euphemism for Jesus Christ , predates both the song and film . ) </P>
where does the phrase jeepers creepers come from
where does the phrase jeepers creepers come from
euphemism for Jesus Christ
euphemism for Jesus Christ