Episode Dates for Dirty Jobs (Newest First)
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| + Dirty Jobs | #31 | Crew Unemployment | 24th Feb 2010 | 2 weeks ago | 02:00 - 03:00 |  |
| Season 5, Episode 31 - "Crew Unemployment" Mike takes a humorous look back at each crew member's valuable role in bringing Dirty Jobs to air. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #30 | Tight Spaces 2 | 17th Feb 2010 | 3 weeks ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 30 - "Tight Spaces 2" Mike takes a second look back at jobs in tight workspaces. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #29 | Bone Black | 10th Feb 2010 | 4 weeks ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 29 - "Bone Black" Mike's work in a bone black plant proves to be one of the dirtiest jobs he's ever done. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #28 | Concrete Finisher | 3rd Feb 2010 | 1 month ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 28 - "Concrete Finisher" Mike gets his hands dirty by making countertops and a fire pit. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #27 | Soo Locks Technician | 27th Jan 2010 | 1 month ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 27 - "Soo Locks Technician" Mike heads to Sault Saint Marie, MI to work with the Soo Locks maintenance crew. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #26 | Chicken Busters | 20th Jan 2010 | 1 month ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 26 - "Chicken Busters" Mike chases feral chickens off the streets of Miami, Florida. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #25 | Cricket Farmer | 13th Jan 2010 | 1 month ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 25 - "Cricket Farmer" Mike travels to Georgia to see what it takes to raise crickets and treats viewers to never-before-seen footage from his camel rancher job from a few episodes ago. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #24 | Animal Control Specialist | 6th Jan 2010 | 2 months ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 24 - "Animal Control Specialist" Mike rounds up animals which have been living around people's homes. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #23 | Maple Syrup Maker | 30th Dec 2009 | 2 months ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 23 - "Maple Syrup Maker" Mike learns about paint bulking and how to make maple syrup the old-fashioned way. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #22 | Worm Grunter | 23rd Dec 2009 | 2 months ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 22 - "Worm Grunter" Host Mike Rowe collects clams in Florida and then grunts for worms in the Apalachicola National Forest. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #21 | Fireworks Technician | 16th Dec 2009 | 2 months ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 21 - "Fireworks Technician" Mike learns what it takes to safely produce and set off fireworks before finding a cow with a strange hole in its stomach. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #20 | Marble Maker | 9th Dec 2009 | 3 months ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 20 - "Marble Maker" Mike returns to Hawaii to make shirts and then travels to Ohio to learn how to make marbles. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #19 | Reindeer Farm | 2nd Dec 2009 | 3 months ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 19 - "Reindeer Farm" After shrink-wrapping a house in Kentucky, Mike takes off for Alaska, where he works on a reindeer farm. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #18 | Safety Third | 25th Nov 2009 | 3 months ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 18 - "Safety Third" Mike looks back at some of the jobs to see how safety can be important. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #17 | Rocky Reach Dam | 18th Nov 2009 | 3 months ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 17 - "Rocky Reach Dam" Host Mike Rowe maintains a hydroelectric damn and then catches and tags fish before wading through fish poop. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #16 | Glass Maker | 11th Nov 2009 | 3 months ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 16 - "Glass Maker" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #15 | Tofu Maker | 4th Nov 2009 | 4 months ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 15 - "Tofu Maker" Mike recycles computers before heading to Hawaii to make tofu. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #14 | Camel Rancher | 28th Oct 2009 | 4 months ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 14 - "Camel Rancher" Mike learns a few new things about camels when he visits a California camel ranch. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #13 | Toilet Crusher | 21st Oct 2009 | 4 months ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 13 - "Toilet Crusher" Mike performs tests on endangered snapping turtles, then travels to San Francisco where he removes and recycles toilets. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #12 | High-Rise Window Washer | 14th Oct 2009 | 4 months ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 12 - "High-Rise Window Washer" Mike washes windows on a skyscraper overlooking Hawaii's sandy beaches. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #11 | Mattress Recycler | 7th Oct 2009 | 5 months ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 11 - "Mattress Recycler" Mike recovers boats in Miami before heading to San Francisco to recycle mattresses. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #10 | Sled Dog Breeder | 13th Apr 2009 | 10 months ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 10 - "Sled Dog Breeder" Mike ventures out to discover what it takes to breed and train sled dogs at the Happy Trails Kennels in Big Lake, Alaska. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #9 | Mike's Day Off | 4th Mar 2009 | 1 year ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 9 - "Mike's Day Off" Mike Rowe challenges his bosses to see if they have what it takes to get dirty. The two executive producers responsible for sending Mike out to the dirtiest jobs around the country are going to roll up their sleeves and attempt a dirty job of their own. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #8 | 200 Jobs Look-Back | 25th Feb 2009 | 1 year ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 8 - "200 Jobs Look-Back" Mike takes a look back at his previous jobs, toughest co-workers, and his ongoing encounters with dirt and poo. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #7 | Locomotive Builder | 18th Feb 2009 | 1 year ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 7 - "Locomotive Builder" Mike heads to MotivePower in Boise, Idaho to build and restore locomotives for his 200th dirty job. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #6 | Spider Pharm | 11th Feb 2009 | 1 year ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 6 - "Spider Pharm" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #5 | Diaper Cleaner | 4th Feb 2009 | 1 year ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 5 - "Diaper Cleaner" Mike journeys to Queen Creek, Arizona to press olives into oil and then heads to Sacramento, California to clean dirty diapers. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #4 | Goose Down Plucker | 28th Jan 2009 | 1 year ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 4 - "Goose Down Plucker" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #3 | Animal Rendering | 21st Jan 2009 | 1 year ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 3 - "Animal Rendering" Mike takes a trip to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles to find out about the important work being done in Pit 91. Then Mike travels north where he learns about rendering and discovers how much of a farm animal can be recycled. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #2 | Abandoned Mine Plugger | 14th Jan 2009 | 1 year ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 2 - "Abandoned Mine Plugger" Mike travels to Ohio to check on the Common Tern population and then he finds himself in Northern California plugging an abandoned mineshaft. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #1 | Bologna Maker | 7th Jan 2009 | 1 year ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 5, Episode 1 - "Bologna Maker" Mike heads to Pennsylvania and tries his hand at making bologna and then goes to Alaska to repair a very special toilet. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #29 | Brown Before Green 2 | 17th Dec 2008 | 1 year ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 29 - "Brown Before Green 2" Mike takes a look back at some of his former coworkers who should be role models for the green movement. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #28 | Gourd Maker | 10th Dec 2008 | 1 year ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 28 - "Gourd Maker" Mike Rowe cleans out a Connecticut lake and then turns gourds into artwork in Pennsylvania. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #27 | Maggot Farmer | 3rd Dec 2008 | 1 year ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 27 - "Maggot Farmer" Mike moves a giant cactus in Arizona and then helps raise maggots on a farm in Idaho. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #26 | Vellum Maker | 26th Nov 2008 | 1 year ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 26 - "Vellum Maker" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #25 | Egg Farm | 19th Nov 2008 | 1 year ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 25 - "Egg Farm" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #24 | Mannequin Factory | 12th Nov 2008 | 1 year ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 24 - "Mannequin Factory" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #23 | Dirty Presidents | 5th Nov 2008 | 1 year ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 23 - "Dirty Presidents" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #22 | Leech Trapper | 29th Oct 2008 | 1 year ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 22 - "Leech Trapper" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #21 | Sheep Castrator | 22nd Oct 2008 | 1 year ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 21 - "Sheep Castrator" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #20 | Dirty Chip Maker | 15th Oct 2008 | 1 year ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 20 - "Dirty Chip Maker" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #19 | Tar Rigger | 8th Oct 2008 | 1 year ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 19 - "Tar Rigger" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #18 | Greenland Shark Quest | 30th Jul 2008 | 1 year ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 18 - "Greenland Shark Quest" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #17 | Brown Before Green | 17th Jun 2008 | 1 year ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 17 - "Brown Before Green" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #16 | Animal Barber | 10th Jun 2008 | 1 year ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 16 - "Animal Barber" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #15 | Wind Farm Technician | 3rd Jun 2008 | 1 year ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 15 - "Wind Farm Technician" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #14 | Ice Salvage Crew | 20th May 2008 | 1 year ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 14 - "Ice Salvage Crew" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #13 | Turkey Inseminator | 13th May 2008 | 1 year ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 13 - "Turkey Inseminator" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #12 | Aerial Tram Greaser | 6th May 2008 | 1 year ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 12 - "Aerial Tram Greaser" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #11 | Dairy Cow Midwife | 29th Apr 2008 | 1 year ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 11 - "Dairy Cow Midwife" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #10 | Floating Fish Factory | 22nd Apr 2008 | 1 year ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 10 - "Floating Fish Factory" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #9 | Dirty Jobs of the Big Apple | 15th Apr 2008 | 1 year ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 9 - "Dirty Jobs of the Big Apple" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #8 | Brown Plate Special | 27th Feb 2008 | 2 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 8 - "Brown Plate Special" Mike looks back at the jobs dealing with food products. Also, the Dirty Jobs Top Ten list of most disgusting things Mike has eaten. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #7 | Tight Spaces | 20th Feb 2008 | 2 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 7 - "Tight Spaces" Mike looks back at some of his tightest squeezes from the dirtiest, most challenging jobs over the years. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #6 | Mud Mineral Excavator | 13th Feb 2008 | 2 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 6 - "Mud Mineral Excavator" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #5 | Cranberry Farmer | 6th Feb 2008 | 2 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 5 - "Cranberry Farmer" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #4 | Buoy Cleaner | 30th Jan 2008 | 2 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 4 - "Buoy Cleaner" Mike learns how they make shingles when he travels to Oregon, and then cleans dirty buoys while aboard a Coast Guard ship. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #3 | Cave Biologist | 23rd Jan 2008 | 2 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 3 - "Cave Biologist" Mike joins a cave biologist as they trek through muck and searches for slime eels hidden in piles of mucus. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #2 | Steel Mill Worker | 16th Jan 2008 | 2 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 2 - "Steel Mill Worker" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #1 | Big Animal Vet | 9th Jan 2008 | 2 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 4, Episode 1 - "Big Animal Vet" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #25 | Dirty Innovators | 5th Dec 2007 | 2 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 25 - "Dirty Innovators" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #24 | Spray Insulation Technician | 28th Nov 2007 | 2 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 24 - "Spray Insulation Technician" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #23 | Creepy, Slimy and Just Plain Weird | 21st Nov 2007 | 2 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 23 - "Creepy, Slimy and Just Plain Weird" Mike Rowe looks back at some of the creepiest, slimiest and downright weirdest citizens on the animal kingdom. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #22 | Exotic Animal Keeper | 14th Nov 2007 | 2 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 22 - "Exotic Animal Keeper" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #21 | Reef Ball Maker | 7th Nov 2007 | 2 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 21 - "Reef Ball Maker" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #20 | Special Effects Artist | 31st Oct 2007 | 2 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 20 - "Special Effects Artist" Mike is transformed into a zombie for Halloween by a special effects artist. Also, Mike harvests kelp. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #19 | 150th Dirty Job Extravaganza | 24th Oct 2007 | 2 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 19 - "150th Dirty Job Extravaganza" 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 |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #18 | Crew's Cruise | 19th Sep 2007 | 2 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 18 - "Crew's Cruise" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #17 | Wild Goose Chase | 29th Aug 2007 | 2 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 17 - "Wild Goose Chase" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #16 | Alligator Egg Collector | 22nd Aug 2007 | 2 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 16 - "Alligator Egg Collector" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #15 | Vomit Island Workers | 15th Aug 2007 | 2 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 15 - "Vomit Island Workers" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #14 | Bridge Painter | 8th Aug 2007 | 2 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 14 - "Bridge Painter" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #13 | Dirtiest Machines on the Planet | 25th Jul 2007 | 2 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 13 - "Dirtiest Machines on the Planet" Examining filthy machines, including oil rigs, lift pumps and giant garbage disposals. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #12 | Leather Tanner | 18th Jul 2007 | 2 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 12 - "Leather Tanner" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #11 | Snake Wrangler | 11th Jul 2007 | 2 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 11 - "Snake Wrangler" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #10 | Billboard Installer | 27th Jun 2007 | 2 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 10 - "Billboard Installer" Mike heads off to Texas to work with an an outdoor advertising company. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #9 | Really Dirty Animals | 21st Mar 2007 | 2 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 9 - "Really Dirty Animals" Mike revisits some of his old jobs: alpaca shearer, fainting goat farmer, vervet monkey rehabilitator, cattle rancher, penguin keeper, ostrich farmer, food recycler, mule logger. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #8 | Steam Ship Cleaner | 14th Mar 2007 | 2 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 8 - "Steam Ship Cleaner" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #7 | Wine Maker | 7th Mar 2007 | 3 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 7 - "Wine Maker" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #6 | Salt Miner | 28th Feb 2007 | 3 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 6 - "Salt Miner" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #5 | Cave Digger | 21st Feb 2007 | 3 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 5 - "Cave Digger" Mike digs tunnels for underground wine caves; later, he performs custodial duties at an airport. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #4 | Well Digger | 31st Jan 2007 | 3 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 4 - "Well Digger" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #3 | Mule Logger | 24th Jan 2007 | 3 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 3 - "Mule Logger" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #2 | Poo Pot Maker | 17th Jan 2007 | 3 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 2 - "Poo Pot Maker" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #1 | Bug Breeder | 10th Jan 2007 | 3 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 3, Episode 1 - "Bug Breeder" Mike tries to revive fainting goats; helps to breed exotic insects; and removes tree stumps. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #26 | Mosquito Control Officer | 20th Dec 2006 | 3 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 26 - "Mosquito Control Officer" In New Orleans, Mike provides recycled materials to help rebuild the city and joins a mosquito-abatement group to battle the flying pests. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #25 | Bell Maker | 13th Dec 2006 | 3 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 25 - "Bell Maker" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #24 | Penguin Keeper | 6th Dec 2006 | 3 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 24 - "Penguin Keeper" Mike Rowe joins a California construction crew to learn the art of concrete stamping. He also takes care of penguins and digs for bloodworms. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #23 | Snake Researcher | 29th Nov 2006 | 3 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 23 - "Snake Researcher" Mike Rowe wrangling water snakes; working alongside bait and lobster fishermen in Maine; and reading viewer mail. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #22 | 100th Dirty Job Special | 6th Sep 2006 | 3 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 22 - "100th Dirty Job Special" Featuring behind the scenes of the show and best-of moments. This episode is a two-hour special. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #21 | Monkey Caretaker | 30th Aug 2006 | 3 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 21 - "Monkey Caretaker" Mike gets in touch with his inner ape when he travels to South Africa to train monkeys to return to life in the wild. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #20 | Alpaca Shearer | 23rd Aug 2006 | 3 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 20 - "Alpaca Shearer" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #19 | Hoof Cleaner | 16th Aug 2006 | 3 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 19 - "Hoof Cleaner" Host Mike Rowe attends to bovine foot problems; mucks out hippo stalls; and joins a crew at a rock quarry. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #18 | Coal Miner | 9th Aug 2006 | 3 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 18 - "Coal Miner" Included: demolition and salvage at an abandoned New Jersey college; coal mining. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #17 | Jobs That Bite...Harder | 5th Aug 2006 | 3 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 17 - "Jobs That Bite...Harder" Mike creates molds from dead animals to create realistic replicas. Then Mike helps make and test a shark suit made of fine chain mail. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #16 | Jobs that Bite | 31st Jul 2006 | 3 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 16 - "Jobs that Bite" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #15 | Fuel Tank Cleaner | 26th Jul 2006 | 3 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 15 - "Fuel Tank Cleaner" Mike makes candy, repairs tires and then travels to McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita to clean KC-135 Stratotanker fuel tanks. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #14 | Geoduck Farmer | 19th Jul 2006 | 3 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 14 - "Geoduck Farmer" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #13 | Skull Cleaner | 12th Jul 2006 | 3 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 13 - "Skull Cleaner" Mike's jobs include making sausage, working on trains and cleaning animal bones for anatomical displays. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #12 | Garbage Pit Technician | 28th Jun 2006 | 3 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 12 - "Garbage Pit Technician" Mike Rowe works with a group of garbage collectors who convert trash into electricity, helping to preserve the environment. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #11 | Rose Parade Float Dismantler | 21st Jun 2006 | 3 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 11 - "Rose Parade Float Dismantler" Mike Rowe dismantles floats from the Tournament of Roses Parade. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #10 | Casino Food Recycler | 14th Jun 2006 | 3 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 10 - "Casino Food Recycler" Mike Rowe cleans up after the Lance Burton Magic Show. Also: a Las Vegas pig farmer who recycles leftovers. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #9 | Termite Controller | 22nd Mar 2006 | 3 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 9 - "Termite Controller" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #8 | Plumber | 15th Mar 2006 | 3 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 8 - "Plumber" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #7 | Mushroom Farmer | 8th Mar 2006 | 4 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 7 - "Mushroom Farmer" Odious employment includes mushroom farming and making drain pipes. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #6 | Viewer's Choice Special | 1st Feb 2006 | 4 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 6 - "Viewer's Choice Special" Questions from fans, and outtakes |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #5 | Alligator Farmer | 25th Jan 2006 | 4 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 5 - "Alligator Farmer" Mike labors at a sugar mill, works with firefighters and visits an alligator farm. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #4 | Turkey Farmer | 18th Jan 2006 | 4 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 4 - "Turkey Farmer" Mike tackles turkey and potato farming, and removes sewage from a water-treatment plant. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #3 | Avian Vomitologist | 11th Jan 2006 | 4 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 3 - "Avian Vomitologist" In this episode, - 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 pregnant |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #2 | Super Dirty | 4th Jan 2006 | 4 years ago | 03:00 - 04:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 2 - "Super Dirty" 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 Worker |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #1 | Dirtiest Tools & Machines | 4th Jan 2006 | 4 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 2, Episode 1 - "Dirtiest Tools & Machines" 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 Roofer |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #19 | Creepy Critters | 28th Dec 2005 | 4 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 1, Episode 19 - "Creepy Critters" Mike works as a pest exterminator and a worm-dung farmer. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #18 | Dirtiest Water Jobs | 21st Dec 2005 | 4 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 1, Episode 18 - "Dirtiest Water Jobs" Dirty water jobs include crabber, growing green algae, shrimper, logger and catfish noodler. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #17 | Dirtiest Animals | 14th Dec 2005 | 4 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 1, Episode 17 - "Dirtiest Animals" Mike revisits some of his old jobs: pig farmer, baby chicken sexer, pet groomer, horse breeder, ostrich farmer. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #16 | Chimney Sweeper | 9th Nov 2005 | 4 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 1, Episode 16 - "Chimney Sweeper" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #15 | Micro-Algae Man | 2nd Nov 2005 | 4 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 1, Episode 15 - "Micro-Algae Man" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #14 | Bio-Diesel Man | 26th Oct 2005 | 4 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 1, Episode 14 - "Bio-Diesel Man" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #13 | Shrimper | 19th Oct 2005 | 4 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 1, Episode 13 - "Shrimper" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #12 | Cheese Maker | 12th Oct 2005 | 4 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 1, Episode 12 - "Cheese Maker" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #11 | Ostrich Farmer | 5th Oct 2005 | 4 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 1, Episode 11 - "Ostrich Farmer" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #10 | Hot Tar Roofer | 28th Sep 2005 | 4 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 1, Episode 10 - "Hot Tar Roofer" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #9 | Sludge Cleaner | 31st Aug 2005 | 4 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 1, Episode 9 - "Sludge Cleaner" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #8 | Vexcon | 24th Aug 2005 | 4 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 1, Episode 8 - "Vexcon" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #7 | Chick Sexer | 17th Aug 2005 | 4 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 1, Episode 7 - "Chick Sexer" Mike spends the day as a check sexer, sorting male and female chicks. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #6 | Pig Farmer | 10th Aug 2005 | 4 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 1, Episode 6 - "Pig Farmer" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #5 | Sewer Inspector | 3rd Aug 2005 | 4 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 1, Episode 5 - "Sewer Inspector" 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. |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #4 | Chinatown Garbage Collector | 27th Jul 2005 | 4 years ago | 01:00 - 02:00 | |
| Season 1, Episode 4 - "Chinatown Garbage Collector" 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... |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #3 | Roadkill Cleaner | 22nd Nov 2003 | 6 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 1, Episode 3 - "Roadkill Cleaner" 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 truck |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #2 | Worm Dung Farmer | 15th Nov 2003 | 6 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 1, Episode 2 - "Worm Dung Farmer" Mike tries out catfish noodling; cleaning septic tanks; and farming worm dung |
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| + Dirty Jobs | #1 | Bat Cave Scavenger | 8th Nov 2003 | 6 years ago | 02:00 - 03:00 | |
| Season 1, Episode 1 - "Bat Cave Scavenger" Collecting bat guano for fertilizer; dirty secret behind major-league baseball |
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