Welcome to the Eric Mataxis show.

But first, two very important questions.

Have you ever tried to stack marbles while wearing boxing gloves?

Also, did you know that marigolds and geraniums hate each other?

Absolutely. And now your host, Eric Mataxis.

Hey there, folks. As you know, I have written a number of big biographies. I'm kind of a fan

of the form. I'm also somebody who loves classic Hollywood.

I'm a devotee of Turner Classic movies,

and that would lead you to believe that I love Kerry Grant.

That's where you would be wrong.

Actually, no, I forgot.

I do love Carrie Grant.

Which Carrie Grant?

With the one that married Diane Cannon or the one that

starred with May West. My goodness, he had such an amazing career. What a wonderful thing to have a new

biography about Carrie Grant. It is titled A Brilliant Disguise. And the author who has written many other wonderful books is with us now. Scott

Eamon. Scott Eamon, welcome to the program. Hey, Eric, good to be here. Well, look, I already get the joke

from the title, you know, Carrie Grant, a Brilliant disguise. Didn't he famously say, uh, something along

the lines, we said, it must be tough being Carrie Grant all the time. And he said, you know, yeah,

I'm not or something like that. The point everybody wants to be Carrie Grant, even I want to be

Carrie Grant. Right. Um, so let's, uh, let's start where I often start when I'm talking to authors of books. What led you to write this particular book? You wrote a wonderful book on John Wayne and on, you've written many books. By now, you were the literary critic for the West Palm Beach newspaper. What led you to

write a big book at this time on Kerry Grant? Well, because it's worth the price of the ticket,

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