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Host Mike Rowe will introduce you to a hardworking group of men and women who overcome fear, danger and sometimes stench and overall ickiness to accomplish their daily tasks. Not one to just stand by, each week, Rowe will assume the duties of the jobs he''s profiling, working alongside rattlesnake catchers, fish processors, bee removers, septic-... More
Host Mike Rowe will introduce you to a hardworking group of men and women who overcome fear, danger and sometimes stench and overall ickiness to accomplish their daily tasks. Not one to just stand by, each week, Rowe will assume the duties of the jobs he''s profiling, working alongside rattlesnake catchers, fish processors, bee removers, septic-tank technicians and other professionals: average folks tackling extraordinary tasks that simply must get done.
Dirty Jobs Episode Guide
Add linkSeason 5
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Episode 18
Safety Third
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Mike practices safety and stresses the importance of individual responsibility in a thoughtful look back at his most challenging and hazardous apprenticeships,
First Aired: 2009-11-24 Share-
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Episode 17
Rocky Reach Dam
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Mike takes a trip to Washington State to see how a hydroelectric dam works. Also, Mike see's what catching and tagging fish is like in a fish-bypass system.
First Aired: 2009-11-17 Share -
Episode 16
Glass Maker
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Mike goes to Jonesboro, Arkansas to perform dung beetle research. Then he heads to Williamstown, West Virginia to try his hand at making glass art.
First Aired: 2009-11-10 Share -
Episode 15
Tofu Maker
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Mike recycles computers before heading to Hawaii to make tofu.
First Aired: 2009-11-03 Share -
Episode 14
Camel Rancher
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First Aired: 2009-10-27 Share -
Episode 13
Toilet Crusher
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Mike performs tests on endangered alligator snapping turtles in Arkansas and later in the show he recycles toilets in San Francisco.
First Aired: 2009-10-20 Share -
Episode 12
High-Rise Window Washer
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First Aired: 2009-10-13 Share -
Episode 11
Mattress Recycler
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Mike crushes abandoned boats in Miami and recycles used mattresses in San Francisco.
First Aired: 2009-10-06 Share -
Episode 10
Sled Dog Breeder
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First Aired: 2009-04-12 Share -
Episode 9
Mike's Day Off
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First Aired: 2009-03-03 Share -
Episode 8
200 Jobs Look-Back
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Mike takes a look back at his previous jobs, toughest co-workers, and his ongoing encounters with dirt and poo.
First Aired: 2009-02-24 Share -
Episode 7
Locomotive Builder
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Mike heads to MotivePower in Boise, Idaho to build and restore locomotives for his 200th dirty job.
First Aired: 2009-02-17 Share -
Episode 6
Spider Pharm
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Mike ventures to Payette, Idaho to learn how to make high quality bird food. Then he heads to Yarnell, Arizona to collect spiders from the desert to milk them for their venom.
First Aired: 2009-02-10 Share -
Episode 5
Diaper Cleaner
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First Aired: 2009-02-03 Share -
Episode 4
Goose Down Plucker
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Mike heads to Meridian, California to find out what it takes to harvest walnuts. Then he spends some time in Tulelake where he learns how to make goose down pillows and comforters.
First Aired: 2009-01-27 Share -
Episode 3
Animal Rendering
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First Aired: 2009-01-20 Share -
Episode 2
Abandoned Mine Plugger
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First Aired: 2009-01-13 Share -
Episode 1
Bologna Maker
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First Aired: 2009-01-06 Share
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Episode 29
Brown Before Green 2
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Mike takes a look back at some of his former coworkers who should be role models for the green movement.
First Aired: 2008-12-16 Share -
Episode 28
Gourd Maker
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Mike Rowe cleans out a Connecticut lake and then turns gourds into artwork in Pennsylvania.
First Aired: 2008-12-09 Share -
Episode 27
Maggot Farmer
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Mike moves a giant cactus in Arizona and then helps raise maggots on a farm in Idaho.
First Aired: 2008-12-02 Share -
Episode 26
Vellum Maker
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Mike harvest hops as he travels to Yakama, WA., a needed ingredient of beer. Then Mike heads to Hudson Valley to help create paper from horse hides.
First Aired: 2008-11-25 Share -
Episode 25
Egg Farm
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Mike heads to a farm to see how an egg gets from a chicken to a store. While there he discovers that a lot of poo can come from 1.4 million chickens, which he gets a chance to clean up. Later, Mike goes to Oklahoma where he learns how dirty dirt is sterilized to become clean dirt.
First Aired: 2008-11-18 Share -
Episode 24
Mannequin Factory
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Mike helps break down some homes at the Windsorland Mobile Home Park to make room for a new shopping center. Next, he heads to Patina-V where he learns the art involved in creating a mannequin.
First Aired: 2008-11-11 Share -
Episode 23
Dirty Presidents
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Mike takes a look at what dirty jobs past presidents once performed. This Dirty Jobs Extravaganza will leave us all looking at the country in a new way.
First Aired: 2008-11-04 Share -
Episode 22
Leech Trapper
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It's off to Bartos Bait & Fish for Mike to help catch leeches for fishing bait. Next he heads to the Green Tripe factory in Hollister, CA, for a lesson in making BARF (Biologically Appropriate Raw Food) for dogs.
First Aired: 2008-10-28 Share -
Episode 21
Sheep Castrator
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Mike helps saw down a giant concrete wall at an auto dealership in order to make way for a new wash bay. Then he heads to a sheep farm where he tries shearing and castrating a sheep and is treated to a pate of Rocky Mountain Oysters.
First Aired: 2008-10-21 Share -
Episode 20
Dirty Chip Maker
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Mike learns how potato chips are made and what is needed to keep the machines running and clean when he heads to the Dirty Potato Chips factory. Then he makes a stop in Rifle, Co. to clean a "monster" underground.
First Aired: 2008-10-14 Share -
Episode 19
Tar Rigger
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Mike hooks up with the tar rigging crew on the oldest active merchant ship in the world, the Star of India in San Diego. Then, Mike looks back at some of the dirtiest tools he's used, all which make life simpler for the rest of us.
First Aired: 2008-10-07 Share -
Episode 18
Greenland Shark Quest
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Mike heads for the Arctic Circle off Baffin Islands in search for the Greenland sharks, and investigates the ecological changes within that part of the region.
First Aired: 2008-07-29 Share -
Episode 17
Brown Before Green
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Mike reviews past jobs which helped the environment, including geothermal drilling, wood and tire salvage and building cobb homes. The one constant is that to become green, you usually have to get brown first.
First Aired: 2008-06-16 Share -
Episode 16
Animal Barber
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Mike head to Kalispell, Montana and the Spring Brook Ranch for his 150th dirty job as he joins a yak and bison rancher. It's a wild celebration of dirt as Mike and the crew go to work.
First Aired: 2008-06-09 Share -
Episode 15
Wind Farm Technician
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Mike heads to Oklahoma to help turn a farm green by the use of wind. Then, it's off to Kentucky where a sink hole has been filled with garbage by its citizens.
First Aired: 2008-06-02 Share -
Episode 14
Ice Salvage Crew
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Mike helps with an oil spill clean up in Alaska, and then travels to Minnesota where he assists on retrieving a car from a lake which had fallen through the ice.
First Aired: 2008-05-19 Share -
Episode 13
Turkey Inseminator
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Mike attempts to make a home more energy efficient, which calls for him to crawl beneath the dwelling through falling insulation, dead rats and debris Then, he takes a crack at turkey inseminating while on a turkey farm full of large breasted birds.
First Aired: 2008-05-12 Share -
Episode 12
Aerial Tram Greaser
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Mike learns about erosion control as he visits the site of a future California neighborhood. Next, Mike helps with the maintenance and repair a tram while 8,500 feet above Palm Springs.
First Aired: 2008-05-05 Share -
Episode 11
Dairy Cow Midwife
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Mike makes a stop in Indiana where he learns to milk a cow and then clean it's udders. Also, a schooling on how to artificially inseminate a cow and assist on a calf delivery.
First Aired: 2008-04-28 Share -
Episode 10
Floating Fish Factory
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Mike takes an epic trip aboard a fish processing ship while in Alaska. The job gives Mike a new appreciation for those who bring in fish for our meals daily.
First Aired: 2008-04-21 Share -
Episode 9
Dirty Jobs of the Big Apple
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Mike heads to New York City where he climbs to the top of a huge building to assist in creating a water tower, followed by learning the art of repairing an elevator.
First Aired: 2008-04-14 Share -
Episode 8
Brown Plate Special
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Mike looks back at the jobs dealing with food products. Also, the Dirty Jobs Top Ten list of most disgusting things Mike has eaten.
First Aired: 2008-02-26 Share -
Episode 7
Tight Spaces
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Mike looks back at some of his tightest squeezes from the dirtiest, most challenging jobs over the years.
First Aired: 2008-02-19 Share -
Episode 6
Mud Mineral Excavator
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Mike prepares for a gem and mineral show by digging in Death Valley. also, birds are rescued from a salty lake, and then it's off to South Carolina for a day of working on a rice plantation.
First Aired: 2008-02-12 Share -
Episode 5
Cranberry Farmer
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Mike heads to South Carolina where he learns how to make bricks by hand, and then tries his hand at farming cranberries while in Oregon.
First Aired: 2008-02-05 Share -
Episode 4
Buoy Cleaner
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Mike learns how they make shingles when he travels to Oregon, and then cleans dirty buoys while aboard a Coast Guard ship.
First Aired: 2008-01-29 Share -
Episode 3
Cave Biologist
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Mike joins a cave biologist as they trek through muck and searches for slime eels hidden in piles of mucus.
First Aired: 2008-01-22 Share -
Episode 2
Steel Mill Worker
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Mike works with metal as he heads to St. Louis to melt scraps steel into molten metal and then works on a demolition team aboard a river barge.
First Aired: 2008-01-15 Share -
Episode 1
Big Animal Vet
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Mike gets a close up look at a Llama with an abscessed tooth when he joins a big animal veterinarian in Montana. Also, working in a barbecue joint in Georgia and a trip to New Jersey where he helps dig up old oil tanks.
First Aired: 2008-01-08 Share
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Episode 25
Dirty Innovators
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Mike Rowe looks back at some of his favorite dirty jobs and salutes the men and women from around the country who have found innovative and entrepreneurial ways to get dirty.
First Aired: 2007-12-04 Share -
Episode 24
Spray Insulation Technician
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Mike Rowe gets dirty with a team of airport runway painters, examines dirty diapers for bad smells and then teams up with a group of spray insulation technicians that get dirty to keep our houses warm.
First Aired: 2007-11-27 Share -
Episode 23
Creepy, Slimy and Just Plain Weird
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Mike Rowe looks back at some of the creepiest, slimiest and downright weirdest citizens on the animal kingdom.
First Aired: 2007-11-20 Share -
Episode 22
Exotic Animal Keeper
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Mike gets dirty at a recycling center in San Francisco that requires its drivers to clean out the backs of their garbage-hauling dump trucks after every shift. Then Mike plays with exotic animals and cleans a cougar-sized kitty litter box.
First Aired: 2007-11-13 Share -
Episode 21
Reef Ball Maker
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Mike creates an artificial underwater reef ball, part of an underwater reef to help fish and coral revitalize their population once they are damaged by pollution.
First Aired: 2007-11-06 Share -
Episode 20
Special Effects Artist
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Mike is transformed into a zombie for Halloween by a special effects artist. Also, Mike harvests kelp.
First Aired: 2007-10-30 Share -
Episode 19
150th Dirty Job Extravaganza
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It's a two-hour Dirty Jobs extravaganza that will keep America entertained with look backs from some of your favorite jobs, never before seen footage, bloopers, down and dirty games, a giant fireworks display and much more as Mike Rowe celebrates 150 jobs
First Aired: 2007-10-23 Share -
Episode 18
Crew's Cruise
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Mike and the crew take a break from being dirty and board a luxurious Royal Caribbean cruise ship to reminisce about favorite episodes and escapades.
First Aired: 2007-09-18 Share -
Episode 17
Wild Goose Chase
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Mike Rowe goes on a wild goose chase literally! After traveling to the tundra, Mike joins forces with a team of workers that round up a flock of wild geese with airplanes.
First Aired: 2007-08-28 Share -
Episode 16
Alligator Egg Collector
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Mike Rowe gets dirty as he forages the swamps of Louisiana in search of Alligator eggs 90,000 of them to be exact. It's a very Dirty Job that's helping to preserve the population of the American alligator.
First Aired: 2007-08-21 Share -
Episode 15
Vomit Island Workers
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Mike Rowe gets dirty as he braves the untamed world of Vomit Island, a place where few have ever been and even fewer would ever want to go. Mike's mission is to help band and count newly hatched Herons on the poo covered island.
First Aired: 2007-08-14 Share -
Episode 14
Bridge Painter
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Mike helps maintenance crews with the annual upkeep on the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan, including sandblasting and painting suspender cables. Also: greasing the NASA crawler.
First Aired: 2007-08-07 Share -
Episode 13
Dirtiest Machines on the Planet
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Examining filthy machines, including oil rigs, lift pumps and giant garbage disposals.
First Aired: 2007-07-24 Share -
Episode 12
Leather Tanner
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Mike goes back in time by joining Richard Meyers and his sons to learn the ancient trade of tanning leather, transforming ordinary stiff cowhides into soft suede soles for bowling shoes.
First Aired: 2007-07-17 Share -
Episode 11
Snake Wrangler
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Mike goes to Texas and works at a snake farm learning how to raise some of the biggest and most dangerous snakes in the world.
First Aired: 2007-07-10 Share -
Episode 10
Billboard Installer
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Mike heads off to Texas to work with an an outdoor advertising company.
First Aired: 2007-06-26 Share -
Episode 9
Really Dirty Animals
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First Aired: 2007-03-20 Share -
Episode 8
Steam Ship Cleaner
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Mike joins forces with two dirty guys from San Diego who have mastered the art of hydro-seeding. Then he rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty on a steam ship ferry that's over 100 years old. Mike delves into the mailbag and answers a viewer's question.
First Aired: 2007-03-13 Share -
Episode 7
Wine Maker
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Mike gets dirty in Napa Valley as he takes on the dirty job of making wine. Mike then rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty at a Kansas Cattle Ranch where he gets a lesson on how dirty the cattle business can be.
First Aired: 2007-03-06 Share -
Episode 6
Salt Miner
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Mike gets dirty underground packing explosives into a wall of salt and blowing it up in order to break up the salt into small blocks.Mike masters the dirty job of salt mining and gets a new respect for the people who get dirty in order for us to get salt.
First Aired: 2007-02-27 Share -
Episode 5
Cave Digger
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Mike digs tunnels for underground wine caves; later, he performs custodial duties at an airport.
First Aired: 2007-02-20 Share -
Episode 4
Well Digger
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Mike teams with the Bowie BaySox as a groundskeeper; and works with a water company, digging through mud, rock, gravel, sand and water in Tennessee. Also: letters from the mail bag.
First Aired: 2007-01-30 Share -
Episode 3
Mule Logger
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Mike works with a master cooper, also known as a barrel maker, and attempts to master the art of toasting the inside of the barrels over an open flame, a technique that gives the wine a special flavor as it ferments. Also: mule logging.
First Aired: 2007-01-23 Share -
Episode 2
Poo Pot Maker
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Mike helps make gardening pots out of cow pies. Also: Mike checks the mail bag and answers a question about a segment in which he was bitten by a snake.
First Aired: 2007-01-16 Share -
Episode 1
Bug Breeder
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Mike tries to revive fainting goats; helps to breed exotic insects; and removes tree stumps.
First Aired: 2007-01-09 Share
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Episode 26
Mosquito Control Officer
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In New Orleans, Mike provides recycled materials to help rebuild the city and joins a mosquito-abatement group to battle the flying pests.
First Aired: 2006-12-19 Share -
Episode 25
Bell Maker
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Mike teams with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Stamford, Conn., where he helps them wash sediment and marine life from a sea barrier. Also: casting bells at McShane's using molds made of horse manure and mud.
First Aired: 2006-12-12 Share -
Episode 24
Penguin Keeper
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Mike Rowe joins a California construction crew to learn the art of concrete stamping. He also takes care of penguins and digs for bloodworms.
First Aired: 2006-12-05 Share -
Episode 23
Snake Researcher
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Mike Rowe wrangling water snakes; working alongside bait and lobster fishermen in Maine; and reading viewer mail.
First Aired: 2006-11-28 Share -
Episode 22
100th Dirty Job Special
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Featuring behind the scenes of the show and best-of moments. This episode is a two-hour special.
First Aired: 2006-09-05 Share -
Episode 21
Monkey Caretaker
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Mike gets in touch with his inner ape when he travels to South Africa to train monkeys to return to life in the wild.
First Aired: 2006-08-29 Share -
Episode 20
Alpaca Shearer
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Mike helps gather six thousand pounds of shellfish from the Puget Sound. Next, Mike works as a taro farmer in Hawaii. Then, Mike tries to shear Alpaca fiber.
First Aired: 2006-08-22 Share -
Episode 19
Hoof Cleaner
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Host Mike Rowe attends to bovine foot problems; mucks out hippo stalls; and joins a crew at a rock quarry.
First Aired: 2006-08-15 Share -
Episode 18
Coal Miner
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Included: demolition and salvage at an abandoned New Jersey college; coal mining.
First Aired: 2006-08-08 Share -
Episode 17
Jobs That Bite...Harder
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Mike creates molds from dead animals to create realistic replicas. Then Mike helps make and test a shark suit made of fine chain mail.
First Aired: 2006-08-04 Share -
Episode 16
Jobs that Bite
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In South Africa, Mike works alongside shark experts, chumming the water for great whites that will be tagged with satellite-tracking devices; and performs a necropsy on a 9-foot bull shark. Also: testing a shark decoy.
First Aired: 2006-07-30 Share -
Episode 15
Fuel Tank Cleaner
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Mike makes candy, repairs tires and then travels to McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita to clean KC-135 Stratotanker fuel tanks.
First Aired: 2006-07-25 Share -
Episode 14
Geoduck Farmer
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Mike harvests giant clams called geoducks in Puget Sound, helps preserve the environment in California's Santa Monica Mountains, and helps to restore a Philadelphia church's antique pipe organ.
First Aired: 2006-07-18 Share -
Episode 13
Skull Cleaner
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Mike's jobs include making sausage, working on trains and cleaning animal bones for anatomical displays.
First Aired: 2006-07-11 Share -
Episode 12
Garbage Pit Technician
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Mike Rowe works with a group of garbage collectors who convert trash into electricity, helping to preserve the environment.
First Aired: 2006-06-27 Share -
Episode 11
Rose Parade Float Dismantler
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Mike Rowe dismantles floats from the Tournament of Roses Parade.
First Aired: 2006-06-20 Share -
Episode 10
Casino Food Recycler
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Mike Rowe cleans up after the Lance Burton Magic Show. Also: a Las Vegas pig farmer who recycles leftovers.
First Aired: 2006-06-13 Share -
Episode 9
Termite Controller
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Jobs include spreading concrete for curbside and sidewalk foundations. Also: Mike reunites with a termite exterminator and chips concrete out of the back of a truck.
First Aired: 2006-03-21 Share -
Episode 8
Plumber
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Mike and his catfish-noodler friend reunite to do some difficult plumbing. Somewhere else, we go drilling mud at a synthetic mud company, and oil drilling with roughnecks.
First Aired: 2006-03-14 Share -
Episode 7
Mushroom Farmer
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Odious employment includes mushroom farming and making drain pipes.
First Aired: 2006-03-07 Share -
Episode 6
Viewer's Choice Special
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Questions from fans, and outtakes
First Aired: 2006-01-31 Share -
Episode 5
Alligator Farmer
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Mike labors at a sugar mill, works with firefighters and visits an alligator farm.
First Aired: 2006-01-24 Share -
Episode 4
Turkey Farmer
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Mike tackles turkey and potato farming, and removes sewage from a water-treatment plant.
First Aired: 2006-01-17 Share -
Episode 3
Avian Vomitologist
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- Mike heads to Colorado to mine marble, pulling out 10-foot blocks of marble that weigh 20 tons. After these openings are made large blocks are cut weighing around 200 tons.
- Mike helps collect owl vomit (in the form of pellets) to send to schools for disection
- Mike uses his arm to determine if cattle are pregnantFirst Aired: 2006-01-10 Share -
Episode 2
Super Dirty
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Mike discusses some of the worst jobs he's done
- Disaster Clean-Up Crew Member
- Septic Tank Technician
- Sewer Inspector
- Sludge Recycler
- Fish Gutter
- Charcoal Factory WorkerFirst Aired: 2006-01-03 Share -
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Dirtiest Tools & Machines
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Mike recaps some of the worst tools and machines he's used including:
- House Mover
- Tire Recycler
- Demolition Worker
- Scrap Metal Recycler
- Golf-Ball Diver
- Hot Tar RooferFirst Aired: 2006-01-03 Share
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Episode 19
Creepy Critters
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Mike works as a pest exterminator and a worm-dung farmer.
First Aired: 2005-12-27 Share -
Episode 18
Dirtiest Water Jobs
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Dirty water jobs include crabber, growing green algae, shrimper, logger and catfish noodler.
First Aired: 2005-12-20 Share -
Episode 17
Dirtiest Animals
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First Aired: 2005-12-13 Share -
Episode 16
Chimney Sweeper
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Mike Rowe learns the tricks of the trade at the Chimney Sweeping Safety Institute. He travels to Canada to dive into the frigid water for sunken logs which will be made into expensive furniture. Mike's hired by a scrap metal recycling plant to sort cans.
First Aired: 2005-11-08 Share -
Episode 15
Micro-Algae Man
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Mike Rowe teams up with a pet groomer and is responsible for preparing special outfits prior to their departure. He works at a Hawaiian pharmaceutical plant that specializes in growing green algae. Mike Rowe gets dirty at a charcoal factory.
First Aired: 2005-11-01 Share -
Episode 14
Bio-Diesel Man
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Mike Rowe steps into the shoes of a cobb home builder and teams up with the Bee man to evict a swarm of angry bees hidden inside a church building. He recovers grease at a Mexican restaurant and learns to convert cooking oil into gasoline alternative.
First Aired: 2005-10-25 Share -
Episode 13
Shrimper
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Mike Rowe climbs aboard a shrimp boat to help determine this year's shrimping season. He goes to America's largest swamp to team up with a man who catches crawfish for a living. With tire recyclers, he sorts and organizes thousands of tires.
First Aired: 2005-10-18 Share -
Episode 12
Cheese Maker
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Mike Rowe gets a taste of what it's like to work as a Zoo Keeper at the San Francisco Zoo; He then teams up with Vermont cheese makers, to learn how to turn four thousand gallons of milk into world famous cheese, and mixes volcanic ash mud baths.
First Aired: 2005-10-11 Share -
Episode 11
Ostrich Farmer
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Join Mike Rowe as he rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty on a Hawaiian coffee bean plantation; learns how to nurse an injured sea lion pup back to health; and faces one of his most dangerous jobs yet, working as an ostrich farmer in the California desert.
First Aired: 2005-10-04 Share -
Episode 10
Hot Tar Roofer
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Mike Rowe lands on a church rooftop and learns how to melt down chunks of black tar for the purpose of roof repair. Later, he takes a job as a house mover and tunnels under a 60-ton house, before jacking it up and placing it on giant wheels.
First Aired: 2005-09-27 Share -
Episode 9
Sludge Cleaner
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Mike Rowe gets dirty as he works with surfboard shaper Matt Barker. Mike masters the art of shaping a surfboard from Styrofoam. And Mike goes underground into a greasy pit of sludge as he joins an environmental company that recycles the gunky grime.
First Aired: 2005-08-30 Share -
Episode 8
Vexcon
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Mike Rowe joins exterminators in their war against rats and bugs. After crabbing in the Chesapeake Bay, Mike learns the fascinating art of shelling crabs. As a blacksmith farrier, Mike makes horseshoes out of raw steel and attempts to shoe a horse.
First Aired: 2005-08-23 Share -
Episode 7
Chick Sexer
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Mike spends the day as a check sexer, sorting male and female chicks.
First Aired: 2005-08-16 Share -
Episode 6
Pig Farmer
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Mike learns about pig farming after feeding, cleaning and artificially inseminating pigs. Mike then meets the "Gum Busters" to clean gum off the sidewalks of New York. Afterwards Mike cleans up after pigeons.
First Aired: 2005-08-09 Share -
Episode 5
Sewer Inspector
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Sewer Inspector Mike Rowe steps into the shoes of a sewer inspector in San Francisco, and enlists a disaster clean up crew after a Brooklyn toilet explodes from a sewer backup. He then joins up with a demolition company where he works as part of a deconstruction crew.
First Aired: 2005-08-02 Share -
Episode 4
Chinatown Garbage Collector
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Mike Rowe assumes the responsibilities of a Garbage Collector as he takes to the streets of San Francisco's Chinatown. After carrying several tons of garbage down the narrow corridors and steep staircases of Chinatown, Mike moves onto Recycle Central...
First Aired: 2005-07-26 Share -
Episode 3
Roadkill Cleaner
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In this episode,
- Mike stops at the Golfball Depot to recover lost golf balls from the water. After the recovery the golf balls must be cleaned, sorted and packaged.
- Mike works as a horse breeder, performing an embryo transfer.
- Mike travels the roads picking up roadkill and loading them onto a pickup truckFirst Aired: 2003-11-21 Share -
Episode 2
Worm Dung Farmer
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Mike tries out catfish noodling; cleaning septic tanks; and farming worm dung
First Aired: 2003-11-14 Share -
Episode 1
Pilot episode: Bat Cave Scavenger
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Collecting bat guano for fertilizer; dirty secret behind major-league baseball
First Aired: 2003-11-07 Share






