GAP commercial of Cool from West Side Story

[StupidLamb251]

Who do they think they are? Like, what.......even?

[CHOTA263]

WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

IS THIS?!!!!

[SloppyJoan]

Thumbs up if you were brought here looking for 'Fat Gap'

[smitten40]

a very pretty redhead

[voodoofairy]

Leave it to Mickey Drexler to somehow make musical theater cool in a Justin/Britney world (probably by recognizing that boy bands were basically barbershop quintets anyway...)

[BernardProfitendieu]

brought to you by the generation with nothing new to say artistically

[jimkoenig400]

Awesome commercial if it were 1970.

[LadyAryun]

@IGiveMyLife2Follow Actually, this is pretty old. :) Way before Glee and Highschool Musical! 

[Miglemaff1997]

:O how could they waste sucha good song on a GAP COMERccial!

[dawnye1]

I found it cool

[kkk234luvtheboats]

wow. being in West Side Story, this is really hard to watch. :(

[lasktguy]

@kkk234luvtheboats hell, I did West Side Story here in L.A. years ago and I think this is a fun tribute.

[level242]

Damn can't anybody come up with anything original anymore

[greg5566]

Is it just me, or was that really bad?

[SweetBrwnSuga]

@greg5566 just you, cause this commercial is a classic... and it gets 2 the point leaving you wanting more.

[BigDanceFan]

Yup, choreography recreated by Alan Johnson.

[PhantomKing88]

that was terrible.... just bad

[kaiyaxrawr]

BEST. ever.

[ComfortingLie007]

Yes, I was looking for this one and finally found it. This is my fave gap commercial.

[nbaker2008]

what is up wit da khaki pants

[forever4always4luv]

Being a huge "West Side Story" fan, is this the coolest commercial ever or what??!!

[justboycrazy45]

@forever4always4luv I agree!! I love West Side Story!

[SweetBrwnSuga]

these commercials is what made me want to go into advertisement!

[23dpt]

and do you work in ad now ?

[SweetBrwnSuga]

no.... but this was the match that lit my fire and gave me the desire to go into the industry.

[KsmilerUK]

This was an advert I would rush to the TV to watch (and sadly imitate) :P

Never bought any clothes from there, but I did like the whole West Side Story range of adverts a lot!

Hopefully they will bring them back on TV one more time to remind us of good times :)

[EatRune]

I think they later parodied this on SNL.

[freshPrincess626]

yeah, they did! it was really hilarious too. i wish that sketch was on youtube...

[gidero]

BEST COMMERCIAL EVER!

[teeizhot]

I agree...I would stop to watch every time it aired.

[ksb78]

Thank you thank you thank you. I know this ad existed! (although I thought it was for a Gap jeans ad). I remember LOVING this ad cause it used my favorite song from Westside Story. I am putting this on favorite so I can watch it over and over.

[subterain]

I miss these commecials and then it got even cooler when it became gap vs old navy so you'd get even more of these fun little commercials.

[citizengar]

I remember these being on for only a short period of time, then they were gone. Thanks for posting, I loved this commercial.

[patty777mayonaisse15]

When was this made because I don't remember ever seeing this on anything...

[sendtownjose]

April 2000. I remember it like it was yesterday... I was 12 years old, on spring break. I would spend the mornings watching MTV, and they would play this. And I used to sit there amazed at the choreography, and the genious of the commercial. Since I was 12, I didn't really know West Side Story, so when I saw it at the age of 18, I flipped!! All these years I kept hoping to see these commercials again. They're so underrated, no one's heard of them. THANKS YOU TUBE AND ABROADWAYBOY FOR POSTING IT!

[musicaltheatergeek79]

Yep, spring 2000. I remember there were a couple, not just this. I distinctly recall a "Mambo" one.

[jppuertorico85]

aww...spring 2000...i was in 10th grade :( I miss those days lol

[Grungebaby92]

same here what a great time period

[givej2]

I was 15 you make me feel old.

[sendtownjose]

This is one of the reasons why youtube is awesome. You find people that remember the same things you remember and love them, when you've spent years convincing others that these commercials actually existed.

[latoyalewis]

@sendtownjose hahah!!! TOTALLY!!!

[GirlieRat]

@sendtownjose LOL!! I know. Like the old Folger's commercial with the acapella group that I loved. My sentiments exactlyl!!!!

[sendtownjose]

@GirlieRat A lot of my friends don't even care for West Side Story, so it's like i couldn't talk to no one about this, because they wouldn't remember the commercial, let alone get the music reference if they haven't seen the film. Thank you Girlierat for identifying with me! I'm from Dominican Republic, BTW!

[LadyAryun]

Finally!! Thank you for posting this!! There were two other ones. One with Jeans and one at the Dance off together! People thought I was nuts when I said GAP did these!

[cogentdiversion]

YES!! The WSS Gap Commercials were my favorite!

[MissTeenStillwater]

The funny thing is I saw this commerical long before I watched West SIde Story. so when I watched WSS I stupidly said they are copying the Gap Commerical LOL!

[wolfsoda]

Ahahaha that's great! lol

[and9347]

Love, love West Side Story!

[2giggle24]

has anyone been able to find this commercial but done by fat people on snl? I think I saw it on utube but I can't find it now.

[SonicLamb]

I too wanna see Gap Fat

[maja100days]

oh wow!! i rememeber this!! i actually went out and bought GAP khakis after that!!!

[vintagefish921]

It amazes me how well robbin's choreography holds through the years...

[Cut6Tulo2Iannetta20]

These GAP commercials were on the air the year and at the same time that my high school did West Side Story as the musical.

[dawnrexgurl]

awesome damn i remember trhis crazy cooollllll!!!!!!!!!

[nekidasajaybird]

Anyone have the SNL parody?

[888tho]

@nekidasajaybird that was when brittany spears hosted

[freshPrincess626]

0_0 oh my gosh... this used to be like my favorite commercial back then.

[strangrnstranglnd]

This was only a few years ago...

[palacio154]

Choreographed by Toni Basil.

[elc234]

Who are the dancers?

[stanleycoleman]

omg i always loved this.