Lt. Gordon and Lewis Grizzard: Separated at birth?

The Dark Knight opens Friday, and the sequel to Batman Begins has practically everything: awesome action movie set pieces, a romantic triangle, terrifying, Oscar-caliber performance by the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, a thrilling soundtrack and enough sturm und drang for 10 moody operas.

Perhaps the film’s biggest surprise, however, is the revelation that Gary Oldman’s Lt. Gordon (left), better known as Commissioner Gordon to Bat-fans, is the long-lost twin brother of the late Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist and humorist Lewis Grizzard (right):