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Here are some of my buddies. michelle obama and i. she is very tall. im like a little shrimp next to her. i come up to her right here. this is obama three years ago, and here he is holding my latest book. i have to tell you, i said, barack, i love you. he said, i love you too, and he gave me a kiss on this cheek. yeah. this is robert redford. and al gore. and this is errol flynn and me when i was 18. i thought it was a hoot. picasso. when are we going to talk about the twin study? you know, you ...

Boos, cigarettes, food, women, music, cars. i just bought a brand-new mercury kapri which i loved, and bobby had this maroon beat up old volvo with cracked leather seats. im thinking, son of prominent scars dale physician, huh? >> i think it was eddy who said right at the beginning, i dont know if this will turnout to be great or terrible. so, there was always a question mark, a big question mark about where the story eventually was going. >> we didnt realize from then on just how much things we...

They were separating identical babies at birth for the purpose of this scientific experiment. and these babies had all come from one adoption agency in new york city. >> the first thing out of my mouth was, were you adopted? here i am. this cant be real. >> twins separated at birth. >> eddy and robert and david reunited after 19 years. >> beautiful. >> blue collar family. middle class family. and a more affluent family. >> adoptive parents should be told as much as reasonable. >> something was j...

This. you have a twin brother. you have a twin. >> oh, my god. i said, come with me. the two of us were crammed in this phone booth shoulder to shoulder. we closed the door to the phone booth. and im trying to put the coins in and they keep falling on the floor. bobby is picking up the coins. and he calls this guy and hes like, hey, eddy, youre not going to believe this. eddy, eddy, youre not going to believe this. this guy is more hysterical than i am weirded out. eddy, youre not going to belie...

This is real, this is happening. this is really, really serious. i ditched glasses, got home. my mother was waiting at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee. i said, mom, did you see this? did you see this? we exchanged newspapers. it had born in long island, jewish hocspital, july 12, 1961 louise wise adoption agency. i knew i was adopted. my parents were open about it. it said eddy, robert of scars daily, new york. son of prominent scars dale physician mort shafrin. i said, he got the wealthy...

To the phrase long lost brothers. >> we went on everything. everything. >> youre not seeing double. you are perhaps in a moment going to be seeing triple. >> i dont know who is who here. come on out, gentlemen, come on out. >> you just had to stop what youre doing and watch them on every different show. >> it became a circus. it became a media circus, talking about viral. i mean, it was viral even then. >> you guys have been on the front page of every newspaper in the world. >> true. >> people m...

>> i dont think she ever got over the fact that she had triplets and had to give them up. >> you know, to us at 19, you drink like a fish, you think youre invincible. but we found it a little concerning that she was pretty much keeping up with us, you know. the apple doesnt fall that far from the tree. if thats the tree, i was less than thrilled. we had our parents already. so we met her and it was okay. but she was not a particularly close part of our lives. we were all young and starting our m...