--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: Extra Gum: “The Story of Sarah and Juan” image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf80a50f1a988cbe7/6998cd3be1ba008edc98e4bd/time-hi-res.webp?branch=production&width=640&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 17, 2015 # Extra Gum: “The Story of Sarah and Juan” by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  People might not often equate gum with grand romance, but this sweet spot from Extra went viral as audiences followed the epic relationship between Sarah and Juan. Much like its predecessor, [Origami](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxZu-6jewL4 "undefined"), the tale unfolds via gum wrappers. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-everything-of-2015/4116156/extra-gum-the-story-of-sarah-and-juan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-everything-of-2015/4116156/extra-gum-the-story-of-sarah-and-juan/"},"headline":"Extra Gum: “The Story of Sarah and Juan”","datePublished":"2015-11-17T15:01:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:10:25.446Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-everything-of-2015/4116156/extra-gum-the-story-of-sarah-and-juan/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf80a50f1a988cbe7/6998cd3be1ba008edc98e4bd/time-hi-res.webp?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf80a50f1a988cbe7/6998cd3be1ba008edc98e4bd/time-hi-res.webp?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-everything-of-2015/4116156/extra-gum-the-story-of-sarah-and-juan/","name":"Extra Gum: “The Story of Sarah and Juan”"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch: Extra Gum The Story of Sarah & Juan","description":"Watch: Extra Gum The Story of Sarah & Juan","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/lVlcVoUC/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-11-10T20:07:12.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/lVlcVoUC.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-everything-of-2015/4116156/extra-gum-the-story-of-sarah-and-juan/","duration":"PT1M57S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-everything-of-2015/4116156/extra-gum-the-story-of-sarah-and-juan/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```