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A cool 58 degrees, an empty propane tank, and a heroic cup of hot cocoa set the stage for a live Friday night hang that turns into a love letter to radio, a deep dive into Friday the 13th, and a reality check on Valentine’s Day. We kick off with World Radio Day and trace how voices over the air shaped our imaginations, from Dodgers games called through static to morning shows that made the commute feel like a party. That early magic still powers what we do now—podcasts as intimate, on-demand radio for anyone who craves connection on a walk, a drive, or a late-night scroll.

From there we pull the mask off Friday the 13th. The superstition blends Norse tales of a chaotic 13th guest, Christian traditions around Friday as a solemn day, and centuries of folk caution. Then pop culture sealed it: a 1907 novel and the 1980 horror franchise made the date iconic. We share favorite entries—from the lean terror of the first films to the 3D thrills and the bonkers Jason detours—while asking why fear myths stick. The answer is simple and human: stories give shape to uncertainty. They’re the rules we whisper to ourselves when the lights go out.

The mood shifts from fear to affection with a candid look at Valentine’s Day. Roses are pricier than you think and vary wildly by state; florists surge, and budgets stretch. If you go big, plan smart. If you skip flowers, consider gifts that last or moments that feel personal. We also talk restaurant reality: Valentine’s and Mother’s Day are the busiest nights of the year, which can mean slower kitchens and rushed tables. Want a better experience? Book early, choose simpler menus, or move your celebration off-peak. Or stay in, cook, and make it yours.

Through it all, the thread holds: radio, horror, and holidays are about the stories we share and the people we show up for. If this sounds like your vibe, subscribe, leave a review, and tell a friend. And mark your calendar for March 13—we’re planning a “drunk show” with a purpose. Tune in, bring your questions, and let us know your favorite Friday the 13th movie or your best Valentine’s pro tip.

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Hey there. Welcome into the Ben Maynor program. Thanks for being here. Uh Crisis Averted. I'll fill you in in a minute. Guess what? It's Friday night and we're live. We're live tonight. Isn't that great? Can't believe it. We're here. Honestly, I can't even believe we got this show going. So uh look, before we get into it, we got some good stuff tonight. Good stuff this evening. But before we get into it, um, I just want to remind you all that this program is available wherever you get your podcasts, wherever you stream them. Okay. Just search the Ben Maynard program. Boom, it's right there. Download it, okay? Share it, share it with all your people, and give me a five-star review. All right. Uh, but we are live. So you're getting a good look at this right here. And it's on YouTube, right? That's what we do on Friday nights when we go live. It's on YouTube. So um, listen, if you're watching, please subscribe to the channel, all right? Hit the notification bell, give me a thumbs up and leave a comment. All right. Uh, let me see. Oh, and then you have to tell a thousand of your family and friends about the Ben Maynard program. Last but not least, follow me on Instagram, simply Ben Maynard program, all one word, or on the TikTok. It's at the Ben Maynard program. All right. So there are plenty of ways to take in this show for your dancing and listening pleasure. And again, it is Friday night. We are live. And it's also Friday the 13th. Can you believe that? How crazy is that? That's so cool. Um, I don't know. We haven't, I don't think we've done a Friday the 13th episode ever. I don't think. I don't know. Who knows? Um, but uh we got some good stuff going on. As you can see, guess where I am? Guess where I am uh doing the podcast from this evening? Outside on the patio. And oh, let me check something here. Let me check and see what the temperature is. As most of you guys know, I live in Southern California. And oh, and it's a cool 58 degrees right now. Certainly nothing like some of you on the East Coast or um, you know, even in even in the middle of the country, uh, nothing like what you're dealing with out there and what you have been dealing with in the past. But um I don't think any of you are recording or broadcasting a podcast from outside. So, you know, I tried to uh I was looking around. I'll explain why I'm out here on the patio in a minute. But uh I was gonna light one of the patio heaters and there's no propane tank in it. Okay, so much for that. I and then I look, I look um over here, I look around, and I have four empty propane tanks. All right, beautiful, right? Uh I have a fire pit over here to my left. I was gonna light it, but I'm too far away. So whatever, you just deal with it. Um I'm shocked that I actually, well, actually, I was like a minute late. I'm shocked that I was even that on time, so to speak. Um, because you see this right here? Yeah, this is my hot cocoa. And I was making a uh uh some and five minutes before I'm ready to go, I'm mixing it. I screwed up, I had cocoa all over the kitchen, on the floor, on the island, it's all over the place. And I'm thinking, oh, this is beautiful. I'm supposed to be going on in five minutes, and so I had hot cocoa everywhere. So uh I was cleaning it up, and Catherine says, You gotta go, go, and so she kind of finished it up and brought it out for me. So uh oh, it's pretty good, not bad, not bad for putting it together like five minutes before um we're going on. Oh, there it is. And yes, just like I talked about a couple weeks ago on National Hot Chocolate Day, made with milk, and right there, extra creamy, extra creamy whipped cream. So I wasn't messing around. Um, all right. So look, today is Friday the 13th, right? That is so cool, and um, I got some stuff to share with you in regards to Friday the 13th, but first things first, this is so yeah, this is so cool. Um today is World Radio Day. World Radio Day, and and you know, I thought when I heard that, I thought, oh, how cool, World Radio Day. I'm gonna, I'm I'm gonna be doing the podcast tonight. I can share that. And I thought it would be like a big celebration of radio and like radio, um, radio shows, radio talk show hosts, uh DJs, that kind of thing. No, it's it's like the it's like the celebration of the the the creation of the radio itself. Oh, okay. Well, that's great, and and thank goodness for all that, but I thought it'd be a little more fun, but it's not. Uh uh, but in in you know, that being said, um I have always I have always had this fascination and this love of radio. Whether it was listening to music on the radio and and and getting into you know the various DJs, that kind of stuff, or um whether it was listening to talk shows, even even baseball on the radio. I mean, when I was a kid, I listened to more uh Dodger games on the radio than I watched on television because back in the 70s and the 80s, um, probably up to the mid-80s, you know, the Dodgers, you know, they weren't there wasn't cable television until like the ear late 70s, early 80s. And and and so there weren't outlets to watch, you know, uh baseball games, especially for the Dodgers. Uh, you could watch them on um our um Fox affiliate um like on Sunday morning, sometimes Saturdays, sometimes uh a game or two during the week when they were out on the road. So I would say out of a hundred and sixty-two game season, we probably got to watch maybe 40 to 50 games. Now, maybe not even that many, because remember, half that season is is is out on the road. So yeah, maybe about 40, maybe about 40, unless they made it to the playoffs of the World Series or something like that. So I did a lot of listening on the radio to the Dodgers, did a lot of, took in a lot of that stuff, and then um uh you know, listened to talk shows, um, whether it was a sports talk show or just a like a like a general talk show, um that kind of stuff. Um not so much political talk. Uh certainly, well, yeah, really not until maybe the late 80s, early 90s did did like political talk on the radio start to to become um uh like in the forefront. But um anyway, so I just have always had a fascination with radio. You guys know that my my radio heroes are Mark and Brian, who are both retired, not doing radio any longer, and have been for gosh, like 14 years. Um, but the greatest morning radio duo like in the history of radio. That's look, I it's my opinion, but you know, I'm right on this one. So that is what, you know, because of my fascination for radio, and then the inspiration that I got from Mark and Brian, that's really why I started this podcast um almost two and a half years ago. So anyway, so it's World Radio Day, and um yeah, that was a long road a hoe, but it's World Radio Day, and it's nothing like I thought it was as far as the celebration of it. Oh well. But as far as like celebrity birthdays today, uh in in 1910, on this day in 1910, William Shockley was born. And William Shockley helped invent the transistor. So there's a tie into radio right there. Maybe that's why it's called World Radio Day, because the the guy who helped invent or create the transistor was born on this day. Maybe, maybe there's a tie in there. So, all right. Uh in 1919, Eddie Robinson. You guys know that name, Eddie Robinson, college football hall of fame coach. He was the coach of Grambling, Grambling University. Um, and he chalked up 408 wins. He's one of the winningest coaches in college football history, um, Eddie Robinson, legendary, was there for years and years and years and years. I gotta take a sip of this delicious hot cocoa. It's so good right there, right on the hat. And I know I've got to try to work something out. Uh, get some glare on my glasses here, and the hat's casting a shadow over my face. So if you're watching live, of course, you're like, man, I can't barely see you, Ben. But uh, you know, we'll work it out. I don't know, maybe I'll turn my hat around backwards or something. Um, and I normally don't wear a hat on the on on the podcast, but I am today. If you guys, if you guys watch the video, I I I um put out a just a short video on Wednesday of this week. I was at the dermatologist and I was getting some skin cancer removed off of my hang on, let me take this off off of my head. And oh, there goes my bandage. Ah there goes my bandage right there. Just came off, taking the hat off. Well, it's all messed up anyway. I can't, I don't think I can show you guys, besides, you probably don't want to gross out. Um anyway, but uh it's it's it's right here. It's it's not on the top, it's kind of towards the the back, but kind of like where all your hair comes together, right back here. And it's it's right, it's right in here. And it uh when the dermatologist showed it to me after she had you know cut it out, I was like, yo, I mean, am I gonna have a bald spot there? I mean, she cut out uh I mean it's like a perfect circle, but man, it's huge. Um trying to look for something that would would represent how how how big around the area is. Um it's probably I don't know, you can't really see right there. You can't see that. Anyway, it's oh okay. There's a button. I don't know if you can see that on the camera. There's a button on top of the hat, on the top of the cap. It's probably that big around, at least. At least it actually it looks like it's larger than that. That's big. That's a huge chunk out of my head. So she said, no, no, I saved all your hair follicles. Uh, you're gonna be okay. And I'm like, yeah, whatever. I can't afford to get bald, I don't have the right shaped head. So so yeah, if you guys saw that on Wednesday, that's what was going on. But that's really kind of what's been happening this week. Let's get back into it. All right, let's get back into birthdays. All right, I took the hat off, the hair's a mess, whatever. Okay, no more shadow on my face. Um, I just look at it's a disaster. Boy, that hair is terrible, it's horrible looking. Um, okay, so also on this day in 1923, test pilot Chuck Yeager was born. Chuck was the first uh pilot to break the sound barrier. Yeah, you guys remember that? Um, and then in 1944, former mayor of Cincinnati. You guys are thinking, okay, who's a former mayor of Cincinnati and tabloid talk show host? There's there's a big hint right there. Jerry Springer was born on this day in 1944. Jerry Springer, remember? Jerry, Jerry, Jerry, Jerry. Yeah, you know, I mean what was the guy's name? The the the he was like the security guy, Steve, I think. Wasn't that his name? Breaking up all these fights. It was like you would watch Jerry just so you could see people go across the stage at each other and and and uh or you know, meeting in the middle of the stage, start duking it out, and then Steve comes in and breaks it up and then you know separates them, and then somebody says something, somebody looks at someone, and then they're at it again, and chairs are being thrown, all kinds of stupid stuff. But yeah, so Jerry was born on this day in 1944. Uh in 1952, I like this one a lot. Former bassist of Foreigner, you guys know that one of my favorite bands of all time, Foreigner, Ed Gagliardi was born on this day in 1952. Um 1977, um, former NFL wide receiver, six-time um uh Pro Bowler, and Pro Football Hall of Fame. Um Hall of Fame um uh not it he's uh I don't know, he's a member, member. Phew, I got it now. Yeah, so pro football hall of fame member also. Randy Moss was born on this day, 1977. You guys remember Randy, right? Let's see, he came up. Well, he actually, I think he went to Marshall, um Marshall College, was that in like Virginia, West Virginia, something like that. I can't remember. Um he was uh he was drafted out of there with uh for the uh from the Vikings or uh drafted by the Vikings. Gosh, get it straight. Um and he played primarily uh with the Vikings, but then he did go to the Raiders where um it was disastrous, and then he I think he finished up with the uh Patriots, where he won at least one Super Bowl with the Patriots, and uh, but you know, fine wide receiver. Um yeah, I mean, big time player, Randy Moss. Uh, let me take another sip here. You know, it's funny, when you have a guest, you can take a you know, like uh a sip of water or whatever beverage you might have. You you can get that in while they're talking. But when there's no guest, you know, and it it's just me, it's me and you, but you know, you guys aren't talking back to me. So um it um you know, it doesn't work out really well when I stop down to take a um a sip of my hot cocoa. Although that I guess for those of you who are watching, you can tell what I'm doing, but for those of you who are listening, not so much, and you just hear silence. Can you really hear silence?

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I don't know. So today, like I said, is Friday the 13th. And um, you know, that's always been like a um for people who are superstitious, like a bad luck day, you know. Uh don't let a black cat walk or you know, cross your path. Um, although you're not supposed to do that ever. You're not supposed to walk under a ladder, you're not supposed to step on a crack, all that kind of stuff, whatever, especially on Friday the 13th, though. So the history of Friday the 13th is one of the most enduring and widespread superstitions in Western culture. It's blending ancient numerology, religious symbolism, and modern storytelling into a single day associated with misfortune. See there. Although many people treat it lightly today, the belief that this date brings bad luck has surprisingly deep and layered roots. Okay. The superstition begins with the number 13. Of course, of course it does. Long viewed as unlucky in many traditions. Historians point to the several possible origins, but one of the most influential comes from Norse mythology, where a banquet of twelve gods of Valhalla, I saw that movie, I think, was disrupted by the arrival of Loki, the trickster, as the 13th guest. His interference led to the death of the beloved god Baldr, casting the number 13 as a symbol of chaos and sorrow. The story is frequently cited as a foundational source of the numbers' negative reputation. Well, all right. But separately, Friday developed its own reputation for misfortune. In Christian tradition, Friday was believed to be the day of Jesus' crucifixion, and over time it became associated with um solemnity and bad luck. All right. Medieval and early uh uh modern Europeans often avoided beginning journeys or major tasks on Fridays, believing the day to be inauspicious. Well, I don't know. Around here, Friday's a pretty good day, right? At least in America it is. And right here in Chino Hills, too. It's a really good day. Uh and it's Friday night, and we're live, it's date night with Ben. I'll continue. The fusion of these two ideas, Unlucky Friday and Unlucky 13, into a single ominous date is surprisingly modern. The superstition gained traction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, helped by cultural moments such as the formation of the 13 Club, a group that deliberately challenged fears surrounding the number and the publication of the 1907 novel Friday the 13th, which dramatized the chaos that could unfold on such a day. Modern sources note that the date's notoriety grew rapidly from this period onward, eventually becoming a staple of popular culture. In the 20th century, that's just the last one, 26 years ago. Uh, in the 20th century, Friday the 13th became even more deeply embedded in the public imagination, thanks to here it is, the horror film franchise. That began in 19 uh began in 1980. Although the movies have no historical connection to the superstition's origin, they cemented the date as a symbol of fear and suspense for new generations. Yes. Yes. Yes. How about that? Friday, those Friday the 13th movies are so good, right? How many of you out there have seen Friday the 13th? Any of them? There's what there's got to be like, I don't know, 11 or 12 of them. Let me see. There was obviously the first one, and then there was the second one. And then of course there was, let me check my mic, make sure I didn't turn it off. Then of course there was the third one in 3D. Um let's see, four, five. There was six, there was seven, there was eight. I think what was eight? I think eight was Jason takes Manhattan, I believe it was. Really? Um then there was Friday the 13th, part nine. Jason goes to hell. He doesn't pass go, doesn't collect$200, he just goes straight directly to hell. Then there was Jason X. I think that was in like space or something like that. Then there was um what else was there? I think there was one where him and Freddie were fighting it out, Jason versus Freddie or something like that. Um, anyway, there was a whole bunch of Friday the 13th movies. I I certainly I like the first one and the second one. Uh Friday the 13th, part three. That was in 3D. That was pretty cool. Yeah, I think that was pretty cool as well. There were some good kills in that. Um, I don't recall if I saw four or five. I did see uh part six, Friday the 13th, part six. That one was uh dubbed Jason Lives. Yes, of course he does. And then um, I I I know I didn't see seven or eight. I I never saw Jason take Manhattan. I didn't. Uh I don't know what he did. I don't even know how he got to Manhattan from Crystal Lake. What happened? Now, Friday the 13th, part nine. Speaking of my radio heroes, Mark and Bryan, they were in Friday the 13th, part nine. They were playing some um some sheriffs. They uh they got killed. Yeah, they got their heads knocked together and their heads exploded um by Jason. So uh, and then I never saw Jason in outer space. I don't know how he got in a spaceship anyway. I don't know how he ended up there. Um yeah, so and I know I never saw Freddy and and Jason fight it out. So I guess I've probably seen nearly half of I'm pouring myself some more hot cocoa here. I think I've seen nearly half of uh of the Friday the 13th movies. I really am not liking my hair here, but I'm just gonna leave it alone. Um so yeah, so there's Friday the 13th. Now, you guys can uh leave in the comments or whatever your favorite Friday the 13th movie, or maybe even a like a Friday the 13th superstition that you have or you don't have, I don't know. Something like that. You know what? Hold on here. I'm gonna put some extra creamy whipped cream on this. Yes, I am, because the rest of it I I either I I I don't know, dissipated or I drank it, whatever you want to call it. Can you hear that? I don't know if you guys can hear that. Ah, yes. All right, cool. So cheers to you guys. There's there's my hot cocoa. You see the cream on or the whipped cream there? Yeah. Good stuff. So now what's tomorrow? Tomorrow is yes, of course, tomorrow's Saturday. But tomorrow also is Valentine's Day. It um let me see what I got here. What do I have here? Come on, pop it up, pop it up. I'm trying to open something up here. There it is. There it is. So tomorrow is Valentine's Day, as as we've established that already, right? Um it's the day of love. And what do you do for the one that you love? Guys go get their their wives or girlfriends, your best girl, whatever it is. You go get flowers, maybe you get her some chocolates. Um maybe it maybe you you you go to dinner, um whatever it is. Um in uh regarding flowers, regarding roses, check this out. So now you guys have probably already made purchases on your flowers. You guys can tell me if I'm right on this, but it says here that overall Americans can expect to spend on average, on average in America,$93.7 for a dozen roses. Um, that's up 16% from three years ago. Now, it probably depends on where you buy your your roses. If you go to, oh, there's a big old giant moth flying around here. If you go to a florist, you're probably gonna spend more than that. Um, you know, florists always seem to jack up the price on flowers uh at Valentine's Day, at Mother's Day, uh, I think on Easter, you know, that kind of thing. So always on special days. So um yeah, now I'm looking here. Let's see, the um the state, the state with the lowest uh average cost for flowers was Indiana. Indiana had the lowest average cost for a dozen roses at$72. Massachusetts was the next uh least expensive at$75, which you would think that like on the East Coast, you know, in Massachusetts, that'd be like really expensive because cold weather, it's up north, you know, you're gonna have to really ship those flowers. Even Indiana, you would think that um it'd be more expensive, like in the middle of the country, too. So uh in third was California at$78. And then um crazy enough, crazy enough. Um Hawaii. What are we doing? Oh, that big old giant moth. I don't want to be right to yes, it's like flying into um this the ceiling on my on my patio cover here, and it's like making some noise. Boom, boom, boom, boom. But um, yeah, the state with the highest cost on a dozen roses at$127 on average is Hawaii, followed by Kansas and Texas, both tied at an average cost of$113 for a dozen roses. Um, that's pretty crazy. I hear you over there. I hear you over there, uh moth. Um, yeah, so that's that's it's it's a lot of money. So I'll say this. Fortunately, I'm I'm quite lucky. Catherine says, don't buy me any flowers at all, because they're gonna be dead in like four days, and I'm gonna throw them out. And she's so she says, Don't waste your money. So I'm lucky in that regard. So when I do buy her flowers, it's just because it's not for any special occasion or anything like that. But um, yeah, guys, if you haven't bought your flowers yet, be careful. Um, but um if you have, well, then you already have, and that's just the way it is. But a lot of a lot of couples they they want to go out to dinner on on Valentine's Day. I think um overall, now remember, this is my business too. I work in this industry, the the the food service industry, and the um the busiest days um in in the restaurants are Valentine's Day and Mother's Day. Those are the two busiest. Now, historically, and I've gone out on Mother's Day, and I've also gone out on um Valentine's Day as well. But historically I don't because I know what I'm in store for. And and it's you know, it's just the way it is. It's just the way it is. Generally on Mother's Day and Valentine's Day, you're not going to get the greatest of service because restaurants are slammed. They're slammed with couples, they're slammed with families, and everybody's just rushing to get their stuff, get get get their tables taken care of, get those tables turned, um, and get the next party, you know, uh in their seats. So it just it's just the nature of the beast, and that's why I generally do not like to go out on Valentine's Day. But tomorrow we are going to dinner for Valentine's Day. Oh, we screwed up here. Yeah, we're gonna go out to dinner. The reason why I'm here out on the patio is um I hate saying this. Tess's boyfriend just arrived this afternoon from England, flew in, and uh Tess picked him up. I don't know, they're out running around, running the streets or something right now, but he's staying here at the house, and as I've told you in the past, the uh studio doubles as a guest bedroom. So voila, I'm here on the patio at at what 50, uh probably still 58 degrees. It could be a little colder. Um, so that's where I am right now. And uh we are we're we're gonna go out to dinner, the the the four of us. We're gonna go to dinner tomorrow night for Valentine's Day. It's okay. I I I don't mind. It'll be all right. We'll have a good time and and uh I'm hoping we have some good food. That's just you know, bottom line, that's the most important thing, is I just want to have some good food. So that's our plan. He I think I if if I didn't say it, I'll say it now. I'd he's gonna be here for I think a week. Yep. A week. So I can't even get into the studio at all. Uh so let me share this the history of Valentine's Day. All right. Uh now, as we know, Valentine's Day is celebrated each year on February 14th. It has a history that blends ancient ritual, Christian tradition, medieval poetry, and modern commercial culture. No kidding. Its origins are surprisingly complex, and many of the stories uh people repeat today are more myth than they are fact. The earliest roots of the holiday trace back to ancient Rome, where mid-February was marked by, ooh, luperkalia? Ooh, that's pretty good. Luperkalia, a fertility festival involving rituals meant to ensure health and abundance. While colorful and dramatic, these pagan celebrations were not about romantic love. Over time, early Christian leaders attempted to replace such festivals with feast days honoring Christian martyrs, including one or more men named Valentine or Valentinus or Valentinus, something like that, uh, who lived during the third century C E. What's C E? I've heard of A D, I've heard of B C, but not C E. Okay. I'll have to look it up, or somebody can let me know. You guys can just let me know. Now, these figures were executed for defying, oh, these Valentine or Valentinus figures. They were executed for defying Roman laws, in some stories for helping uh persecuted Christians, in others for secretly marrying young couples. So they weren't supposed to do that, I suppose, huh? No marrying couples. Although these tales are compelling, historians note that the connection between these martyrs and romance developed much later. By the Middle Ages, the date, February 14th, began to take on a new meaning in Europe. Medieval poets such as Jeffrey Chaucer helped popularize the idea that this day was linked to love, partly because it was believed to coincide with the start of the bird mating season. All right. Speaking of birds, I've got a dove on my porch sitting in her nest. She's got some eggs. Oh. It is bird mating season, definitely, because I have ducks, ducks in my backyard, um, mallard ducks. They swim in my pool, they get out, clean themselves up. I know the female, she laid eggs in my um in my landscaping on my hillside next to the pool. And uh yeah, just like she did last year. Well, I mean, we've had ducks every year for quite a few, but last year was the first time I saw ducklings. And uh, we'll see what happens this year. Oh, so anyway, let's get back to whatever I was reading here. Uh let's, oh yes, bird mating season. Whatever. You guys are like, shut up, dude. A poetic symbol of courtship and affection. Oh, yes, that's the bird mating season, a poetic symbol of courtship and affection. This literary tradition played a major role in transforming a religious feast into a celebration of romantic love. As centuries passed, Valentine's Day evolved into a folk custom in England where people exchanged small tokens, notes, and verses. By the 17th and 18th centuries, handwritten love messages became increasingly common. The Industrial Revolution later expanded the practice, mass-produced cards, hallmark, right? Um printed illustrations and eventually commercial gifts helped shape the modern holiday. Uh like jewelry, maybe? Yeah. Today, Valentine's Day is celebrated around the world as a day of affection, not only between romantic partners, but also among friends and family. While its ancient and religious origins remain part of its story, the holiday as we know it is largely a product of medieval imagination, cultural evolution, and modern commercialization. What began as a blend of Roman ritual and Christian remembrance has become a global celebration of love in all its forms, right? Oh, how sweet, how romantic. So tomorrow, give your loved one a little extra something, all right? A little extra love, a little extra hug. Now my hot cocoa is not so hot. Great. A little extra love, a little extra hug, a few extra kisses, whatever. Take care of your take care of your husband or your wife or your boyfriend or girlfriend or your loved one, whatever. Take care of them. Uh, but not just tomorrow. Take care of them every day, you know. Um yeah, I mean, it's it's Valentine's Day, it's the day of love. Well, we'll see how that all goes tomorrow, right? Next week I I'll I'll I'll let you guys know how dinner went. I'll probably let you know how our how our visitor's stay was too. Oh yeah. So um again, yeah, mark. I want to remind you guys, mark your calendars for March the 13th. Okay, that's the drunk show. Um and uh it'll be a live stream. It'll be in the studio. Um working on getting some stuff happening out here on the patio at the same time that we're up in the studio taking care of business. Uh I am working on some stuff. I don't want to I don't want to say anything right now, but um I'm hoping that it's uh it's gonna be it's gonna be real good. It's gonna be a lot of fun, and we'll see how it all plays out, right? I am I'm looking forward to the drunk show because of the message behind it. Trust me, I am not looking forward to drinking. Not at all. It's gonna be horrible. I'm just letting you know, it's gonna be terrible. So uh yeah, just not looking forward to that. But whatever, it is what it is, right? We gotta get it done. We have to send a message, and that's the way we do it around here at the Ben Maynard program. So, um, yeah, uh March the 13th, Friday, March the 13th, and oh check it out. That's two Friday the 13ths in a row. Isn't that crazy? That's bananas. I just thought of that. Two Friday the 13ths, back-to-back months. That's awesome. So it's cool. Um, look, um, I'll let you guys get out of here. Uh, I've had fun. I hope you've had fun too. But uh I wanted to just share a little bit with you in regards to the history of Friday the 13th and the history of Valentine's Day. Tomorrow being Valentine's Day, a little more special than Friday the 13th. But you know, go and enjoy. Like I said, take care of your um, take care of your honey, all right? It's all good stuff. Um again, as you guys know, this program is available wherever you get your podcasts, no matter where you get them. Just search the Ben Maynor program. Boom, it's right there. Go with it, download it, share it with all your people, okay? And give me a five-star review. Uh, but if you're watching this right here, just like you are tonight, because we're live. It's been date night with me, short date though, right? Um, so we're on YouTube here. Subscribe to the channel, all right? Hit the notification bell, give me a thumbs up, and leave a comment. All right, you gotta do that. Come on, then tell a thousand of your family and friends about the Ben Maynard program. All right, last but not least, follow me on Instagram, simply Ben Maynard program, all one word, or where I'm a little more active, you can follow me on the TikTok. And that is at the Ben Maynard program. So that's it. We're done. Can't thank you guys enough for hanging out, being here, having some fun on uh Friday night live, you know, um Friday the 13th, date night with Ben. It's been great. I'll see you guys next time. Right? So behave yourselves. All right. Be good. This is the Ben Maynard program. Tell a friend.