KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: And now it's time for a last call on the Commercials for Nicer Living project, version 2017.</s>ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: This is an update of a project that Susan Stamberg ran 45 years ago on this program. She asked listeners to write commercials for life's little joys.</s>KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: And five of those were turned into commercials for Nicer Living with music and sound effects.</s>ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: There were ads for love letters, clouds, waiting, walking and the bio-clock.</s>KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Also known as your built in time piece.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Bio-clock is the result of eons of research and development. By Flora and Fauna Laboratories, bio-clock costs you nothing. You already own it...</s>KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Oh, yeah, that is definitely from 1972.</s>ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: (Laughter) Yeah, we wanted to know what things make your life nicer today, in 2017, so we launched a new Commercials for a Nicer Living project. And so far we've gotten more than a thousand ideas.</s>KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Peter Manos in Seattle sent in the most. He wrote ads for peace and quiet, cats, snowmen, belly laughs, Joshua trees...</s>ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And breathing through your nose.</s>KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: (Laughter) A simple pleasure that eludes many of us this time of year.</s>ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: OK, here's where the last call comes in. You have just a few more days to join our Commercials for Nicer Living, version 2017. The address is npr.org/nicer.</s>KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: You only need to write a script - no more than 120 words. We'll pick five to produce like actual radio commercials and share them on air in a couple of weeks.</s>ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The deadline is this Sunday, January 15.
It's the last call for our commercials for Nicer Living. It's an update of a project NPR's Susan Stamberg ran 45 years ago, where listeners wrote commercials for the little joys that make life better.