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  • Pivert's reactions to the mixed marriage and the subsequent Ash Face / Blackface gag, with a wedding guest thinking he's the black bride's father.
  • On discovering that his driver is not Catholic: "Salomon? You're Jewish?"
  • The entire chase scene between Pivert and the henchmen in the bubblegum factory and all the slapstick that ensues.
  • Pivert finding out his kidnapper expects to become the Prime Minister of his country:
    Pivert: I am very proud to shake the revolver of a Prime Minister!
    (Note that Pivert is driving, with Slimane's gun pointed at him, and he still lets go of the wheel to give the gun a handshake)
  • Pivert's wife (a dentist) is giving a consultation... in her dress clothes.
  • Pivert is forced to call his wife and give her the news that he's taking a plane... with a woman. When the furious wife demands to know What's She Got That I Ain't Got?!, Pivert gives a physical description of Slimane ("She's got... big hairy hands... big feet... frizzy hair... and a big mustache.")... that is apparently a perfect match for a (female) acquaintance of theirs.
    Germaine: Therèse Leduc? But she's sixty-five.
    Pivert: EXACTLY! For thirty years she's been in love with me, she doesn't have a phone, and she STAYS OFF MY CASE! [slams the phone back down, realizes what he just did]
    Pivert: Did you see that?
    Slimane: What?
    Pivert: I hung up on her!
  • Pivert, being driven through the Jewish district at the Rue des Rosiers, in rabbi disguise, starts blessing everyone with the sign of the cross.
  • Pivert and Salomon have a mutual recognition moment as he is being dragged around as Rabbi Jacob.
    Salomon: Rabbi, I have a question. My boss just fired me because I don't work on Saturdays. What should I do?
    Pivert-as-Rabbi Jacob: Go see him and ask him to hire you again, he'll tell you yes! Ask him to give you a raise he'll tell you yes!
    Salomon: Will he double my wages?
    Pivert-as-Rabbi Jacob: He'll tell you yes!
    Salomon: Will he triple them?
    Pivert-as-Rabbi Jacob: He'll... tell you no.
  • Pivert keeping up during the Hasidic dance, much to Salomon's surprise.
  • Some policemen take off their hats in order to be respectful in the synagogue "because it's like a church."note  Cue them confusedly tapping their heads at all of the Jews tapping their own heads to indicate to them to put their hats back on.
  • Rabbi Jacob, on being mistaken, yet again, for Pivert (who's impersonating him):
    Rabbi Jacob: Again Pivert?! Who is this Pivert?
  • Pivert, at gunpoint, trying to convince Farès he'll do his very best to forget anything he saw: "I don't even remember your name, Mr. Farès!"
  • The befuddled reaction of the Catholic priest at the wedding ceremony when Pivert (still in rabbi clothes) tells him he's the father of the bride.
  • A female guest at the wedding calls out Pivert for coming while wearing a weird attire. Pivert points out her braids and her fur hat, retorting she's disguised as a rabbi too!

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