“I’m your best friend.”

These ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes are from 1935. The earlier ads carried over the “they taste better” catchline from an earlier campaign.

“Try me. I’ll never let you down.”

“I’ll never let you down. I’m your best friend. I’m your Lucky Strike. For a friendly smoke – it’s the tobacco that counts. I am made of fragrant, expensive centre leaves only; the finest, most expensive Turkish and domestic grown.”

A large majority of these ads seem to have been in newspapers.

This is a list of copyright entries from 1935:

• When you need an excuse to stay a little longer . . . I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Feb. 19, 1935)
• When all else fails, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Feb. 21, 1935)
• On your ups and downs, I’m your best friend. I am your Lucky Strike. (Feb. 23, 1935)
• When you want to make up and don’t know how . . . I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Feb. 26, 1935)
• When dad comes through with an extra ten, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Mar. 4.  1935)
• When strangers meet I break the ice, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Mar. 5, 1935)
• Take me along, I’m your best friend,  I am your Lucky Strike. (Mar.  7, 1935)
• When the laundry from home declares a dividend, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Mar. 9, 1935)
• I’ll never let you down, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Mar. 12, May 15,  1935)
• When it’s veni, vidi, but no vici, I‘m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Mar. 13, 1935)
• Remember how I brought you two together, I am your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Mar.  14, 28, 1935)
• Put me in your pocket, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Mar. 16, 1935)
• I’m the welcome third – I’m your  best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Mar. 19, Apr. 6, 1935)
• From one end to the other, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Mar. 21, 1935)
• I’ll go where you go, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Mar. 26, 1935)
• For steady company, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Mar. 27, 1935)
• I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Apr. 2, May 28,  1935)
• From any angle, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Apr. 3, 1935)
• I do not irritate – I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Apr. 4, Apr. 10, 1935)
• To loneliness . . . . I bring companionship, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Apr. 9,  May 23,  July 23, 1935)
• When two is company I don’t make a crowd, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Apr. 11,  1935)
• To distress . . . I bring comfort, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Apr. 18 1935)
• To anxiety . . . I bring relief, I’m  your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Apr. 23, May 4, 1935)
• Try me I’ll never let you down, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Apr. 25, 30, 1935)
• Above all I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (May 8, 1935)
• For that thinning stretch, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (May 9, 1935)
• From one year to another, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (May 10, 1935)
• To achievement I bring content, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (May 15, 1935)
• Never a loose end, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. ( May 16, 1935)
• It’s no secret, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (May 23, 1935)
• To suspense I bring confidence, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (May 18, 1935)
• When two is company I don’t make a crowd, I’m your best friend – I am your Lucky Strike. (June 1, July 16, 1935)
• When you need an excuse to stay a little longer, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (July 9, 1935)
• When strangers meet I break the ice, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (July 11, 1935)
• Take me along. I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (July 30, 1935)
• Never a dull moment, I’m your best friend, I am your Lucky Strike. (Aug. 6, 1935)

Also by this brand:

Lucky Strike [1943-1947] Cigarette Adverts ~ Illustrated Lucky Strike [1948] Cigarette Adverts ~ Illustrated Lucky Strike [1949] Cigarette Adverts ~ Feel Your Level Best! Lucky Strike [1949-1950] Cigarette Adverts ~ Luckies Pay More! Lucky Strike [1950] Cigarette Adverts ~ Never a Rough Puff! Lucky Strike [1932] Cigarette Adverts ~ John La Gatta Lucky Strike [1933] Cigarette Adverts ~ No Thanks! Lucky Strike [1934] Cigarette Adverts ~ The Height of Good Taste Lucky Strike [1934-1935] Cigarette Adverts ~ They Taste Better Lucky Strike [1936-1938] Cigarette Adverts ~ A Light Smoke

Share this...

Facebook

Twitter

Linkedin