I met the surgeon general

“ I met the surgeon general he offered me a cigarette. ”

This quote uses absurd reversal by making the Surgeon General, symbol of health, offer him a cigarette.

Rodney Dangerfield (born Jacob Cohen) was an iconic American stand-up comedian, actor, and screenwriter, famous for his self-deprecating humor and his signature catchphrase**"I don't get no respect!"**. He became a household name in the late 1960s and 1970s, known for his fast-paced delivery of one-liners, trademark rumpled suit, red tie, and nervously clutching his throat.