Identical twins Gerald Levey and Mark Newman were separated at birth and reared separately in middle-class Jewish homes in the New York area. When reunited at the age of 31, they discovered, among many other similarities, that they were both volunteer firemen with droopy moustaches; long sideburns; and a penchant for hunting, fishing, and John Wayne movies. They even drank the same brand of beer, from a can, which they held with their pinkie tucked under the bottom and crushed when they had emptied it.

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