Dirty Jobs

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Dirty JobsMike Rowe apprentices himself to people who perform dangerous or disgusting jobs, ranging from rattlesnake catcher and zoo cleaner to road-kill collector. Mike performs difficult, strange, disgusting, or messy occupational duties alongside the job's current employees. In each episode, a worker or team of workers take on Rowe as a fully involved assistant for a typical work day, working hard to complete every task as best he can despite discomfort, hazards, or repulsive situations. Nearly every job is even more difficult than he expects.
S4, EP16 "Animal Barber"Mike and the crew take on their 150th dirty job as they travel to the Spring Brook Ranch in Kalispell, Montana, and help out a yak and bison rancher.
S3, EP14 "Bridge Painter"Mike Rowe endures powerful winds to help sandblast and paint Michigan's Mackinac Bridge; he then works on the space shuttle crawler transporter at the Kennedy Space Center.
S4, EP5 "Cranberry Farmer"Join host Mike Rowe as he gets down and dirty making handmade bricks in South Carolina; he later masters the art of cranberry farming in Oregon.
S5, EP21 "Maple Syrup Maker"Mike learns the messy process of paint bulking, then travels to Pennsylvania to make maple syrup the old-fashioned way.
S3, EP5 "Cave Digger"Mike takes on one of his dirtiest jobs to date as he excavates wine caverns in California's Napa Valley; later he has the unenviable task of incinerating rubbish at Kansas Airport.
S4, EP20 "Dirty Chip Maker"Mike heads to the Dirty Potato Chips company in Oxnard, California where much of the work being done by machine. Despite this Mike finds a way to lend a hand.
S4, EP6 "Mud Mineral Excavator"Everything goes wrong for Mike at a California mineral mine; then it's off to South Carolina to master rice milling.
S6, EP5 "Lightning Rod Installer"Mike spends a day installing lightning rods on a home that looks like a castle, while being told to wear multiple pairs of underwear to protect him from being burnt while on the rooftop.
S5, EP22 "Animal Control Specialist"Mike works as an Animal Control Specialist, removing skunks and other wildlife that live around residential areas.
S10, EP14 "Beaver Relocator; Slime Master"Mike Rowe goes to the mountains in Utah and gives a dam to a couple nuisance beavers causing havoc for municipalities; Mike gets a little sticky while working with a special effects artist at a glue factory in LA.
S10, EP13 "Deer Urine Farmer; Necropsy"Mike Rowe travels to Anna, Ill., and wades knee-deep in diarrhea to collect deer urine for America's buck-hunters; Mike strands Maryland's shore to perform a necropsy on an ocean sentinel to determine its cause of death.
S10, EP11 "Manhole Rehab; Clock Caretaker"Mike Rowe descends into the depths of an aging manhole, coating it with a polyurea liner to extend its warranty in Murfreesboro, Tenn.; Mike joins an horologist and a priest to set the time right as he restores a historic clocktower.
S10, EP10 "Baghouse Cleaner; Biochar Maker"Mike Rowe attends a dusty baghouse party to clean the filtration system at a North Carolina asphalt plant; in Colorado, Mike gets his dirtiest yet, pyrolyzing waste lumber into the planet's most efficient fertilizer: biochar.
S10, EP9 "Caviar Harvester; Spice Maker"Mike Rowe harvests caviar from the muddy Mississippi River; Mike brings his parents to work and rectifies misconceptions in his hometown of Baltimore by preparing blue crab seasoning with a fourth-generation spice maker.
S10, EP8 "Pile Jacketer; Concrete Cleaner"Mike Rowe submerges in a murky Florida river to pour concrete jackets around crumbling bridge pilings; in North Carolina, Mike sucks out a concrete washout pit and sprays sediment as he turns toxic sludge into potable water.
S10, EP2 "Feral Cat Fixer; Reaper Keeper"Mike Rowe helps cat ladies of northern Texas to fix a clowder of feral cats at a spay and neuter facility; Mike and his crew feel the burn as he processes peppers with the mad scientist inventor of the Carolina Reaper.
S10, EP1 "Pool Fixer; Hotel Soap Recycler"Mike Rowe joins a second-generation pool fixer in West Palm Beach, Fla., and cleans dirtiest pool in America to clean 17 years of accumulated filth; in Orlando, Mike and a Soap Whisperer recycle dirty hotel soap in an effort to Clean the World.
S9, EP6 "Combat Surgeon; Iguana Hunter"Mike trains as a trauma surgeon, learning under simulated battlefield conditions; Mike helps to control iguanas on the Florida coast.
S9, EP5 "Escalator Maintainer; Scorpion Sweeper"Mike Rowe crams into a hockey arena's escalator, where he scrapes and cleans a special kind of shmutz from the bottom; Mike and a zoo keeper venture into the hot, treacherous Arizona desert at night to round up stinging scorpions.
S9, EP4 "Rock Sucker; Mountain Carver"Mike sucks rocks off an industrial roof with a massive vacuum; then, he travels to the Black Hills to carve one of the largest monuments in the world: Crazy Horse.
S9, EP3 "Tugboat Fitter / Water Tower Cleaner"Mike visits a ship-building community in Coden, Ala., to learn the ins-and-outs of building a tugboat; he makes a long climb to the top of a dirty water tower in Magee, Miss., to clean inside the tank.
S9, EP2 "Jellyballer; Epoxy Installer"Mike Rowe joins a fourth-generation fisherman's crew in Georgia as it harvests cannonball jellyfish for food, a trade known as jellyballing; Mike helps a father-son team install epoxy flooring at a restaurant in time for the dinner rush.
S9, EP1 "Rodbuster; Galvanizer"Mike works his hardest construction job yet; he helps a team of rodbusters, who carry 2 tons of reinforced steel each for overpass construction.
S8, EP4 "Rowe'd Trip: Problem Solvers"Mike Rowe and his dirty crew take a drive in search of a cold beer and reminisce about classic jobs from the show's history, featuring innovators and problem solvers.
S8, EP3 "Rowe'd Trip: Filthy Animals"Driving out to an ostrich farm in search of eggs, Mike Rowe and his dirty crew reminisce about classic animal-related jobs from the show's history.
S8, EP2 "Rowe'd Trip: Tight Spaces"En route to explore a cave, Mike Rowe and his crew reminisce about classic jobs from the show's history that had them getting into tight spaces; then, they check in with some of the hard-working people that have been featured on the program.
S8, EP1 "Rowe'd Trip: Dirty Infrastructure"Mike Rowe and his dirty crew hit the highway to see the sights and reminisce about classic American infrastructure jobs from the show's history; along the way, they check in with some of the hard-working men and women who keep the country moving.
S2, EP20 "Monkey Caretaker"Mike travels to South Africa on a mission to train monkeys and prepare them to return to life in the wild.
S2, EP19 "Alpaca Shearer"Mike gathers thousands of pounds of shellfish at Taylor Shellfish Farms; harvesting taro in the tropics; shearing alpaca fiber.
S2, EP18 "Hoof Cleaner"Working in a rock quarry; cleaning out the hippo tank at the Adventure Aquarium; attending to bovine foot problems.
S2, EP17 "Coal Miner"Mike helps with the demolition and salvage of an abandoned dormitory at a college; Mike also tries his hand at coal mining.
S2, EP15 "Fuel Tank Cleaner"Mike Rowe travels to the McConnell Air Force Base near Wichita, Kan., to clean the Stratotanker fuel tanks.
S2, EP14 "Geoduck Farmer"Mike harvests giant clams called geoducks in Puget Sound; restores a Philadelphia church's antique pipe organ.
S2, EP13 "Skull Cleaner"Keeping trains on track; making boudin sausages; cleaning animal skulls and bones for display. Host: Mike Rowe.
S2, EP12 "Parade Float Dismantler"Mike tries his hand at dismantling floats from the annual Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California.
S2, EP11 "Garbage Pit Technician"Antique printing press; converting trash into electricity. Host: Mike Rowe.
S2, EP9 "Casino Food Recycler"Going behind the scenes of Lance Burton's magic show; a pig farmer finds a way to recycle leftovers. Host: Mike Rowe.
S2, EP8 "Termite Controller"Mike spreads concrete for curbside and sidewalk foundations; then reunites with Vexcon for some termite extermination and chips concrete out of the back of a truck.
S2, EP7 "Plumber"Mike reunites with his catfish-noodler friend for some tough plumbing; drilling mud at a synthetic mud company, and oil drilling with roughnecks.
S2, EP6 "Mushroom Farmer"Making mushrooms by mixing horse manure and grounded straw; rat-infested rain drains in LA; shower drains in Erie, Penn.
S2, EP5 "Alligator Farmer"Mike visits an extremely dirty sugar mill; the Fremont Fire Dept. firefighters teach Mike how to ignite a building, extinguish it and then do some overhauling; day ends at an ominous alligator farm.
S2, EP4 "Turkey Farmer"Mike works on a turkey farm and a potato farm; later he works at a water treatment plant where he removes sewage.
S2, EP3 "Avian Vomitologist"In a uniquely odd tour-de-force, Mike helps out at a Colorado marble quarry, collects owl vomit...yes, owl vomit, and then checks cows to see if they're pregnant.
S2 "100th Dirty Job Special"The U.S. Army helps Mike Rowe celebrate his 100th dirty job; behind the scenes and best moments of the show.
S1, EP16 "Chimney Sweeper"Getting schooled at the Chimney Sweeping Safety Institute.;diving into freezing water for sunken logs in Canada for high-end furniture; scrap metal recycling.
S1, EP15 "Micro Algae Man"Mike prepares special outfits with a pet groomer; Hawaiian pharmaceutical plant grows green algae; getting dirty at charcoal factory.
S1, EP14 "Bio-Diesel-Man"Mike does the work of a cobb home builder, evicts a swarm of angry bees hidden inside a church, greases it up at a Mexican restaurant and converts cooking oil into bio-fuel.
S1, EP13 "Shrimper"Climbing aboard a shrimp boat to determine the shrimping season; America's largest swamp for crawfish catching; tire recycling.
S1, EP12 "Cheese Maker"Vermont cheese-makers show how they make their world-famous products; Zoo keeping at the San Francisco Zoo; volcanic ash mud baths.
S1, EP11 "Ostrich Farmer"Working on a Hawaiian coffee plantation; nursing an injured sea-lion pup; ostrich farming in the California desert.
S1, EP10 "Hot Tar Roofer"Mike learns how to melt down chunks of black tar for the purpose of fixing a church rooftop; learning how to move a house by tunneling under a 60-ton house, before lifting it up and placing it on large wheels.
S1, EP9 "Sludge Cleaner"Mike shapes surfboards with master shaper Matt Barker; goes underground to learn how to recycle gunky grime, diving into a greasy pit of sludge with an environmental company.
S1, EP8 "Vexcon"Enter Billy the Exterminator as Mike joins exterminators in their war against rats and bugs; shelling crabs after crabbing in the Chesapeake Bay; making horseshoes out of raw steel and trying his hand at shoeing a horse.
S1, EP7 "Chick Sexer"Mike Rowe learns the importance of separating the male and female baby chicks at the Murray McMurray Hatchery.
S1, EP6 "Pig Farmer"Mike gets the whole pig farming experience after feeding, cleaning and artificially inseminating pigs; helping the Gum Busters clean gum off NYC sidewalks; cleaning up after pigeons.
S1, EP5 "Sewer Inspector"San Francisco sewer inspector; Brooklyn toilet explodes from a sewer backup; demolition work with a deconstruction crew.
S1, EP4 "Chinatown Garbage Collector"Mike plays the role of garbage collector on the streets of San Francisco's Chinatown, going up and down steep staircases with tons of garbage.
S1, EP3 "Roadkill Cleaners"Diving into alligator-infested waters to look for lost golf balls; keeping highways free of roadkill. Host: Mike Rowe.
S1, EP2 "Worm Dung Farmer"Mike takes a crack at catfish noodling; cleaning septic tanks; going farming for worm-manure as a fertilizer.
S1, EP1 "Bat Cave Scavenger"Visiting a cave where bat guano is gathered for fertilizer; woman collects fruit bats in her back room; pro baseball's dirty little secret.
"Mike's Day Off"Mike challenges two of the show's producers to roll up their sleeves and get dirty.
Mike Rowe apprentices himself to people who perform dangerous or disgusting jobs, ranging from rattlesnake catcher and zoo cleaner to road-kill collector. Mike performs difficult, strange, disgusting, or messy occupational duties alongside the job's current employees. In each episode, a worker or team of workers take on Rowe as a fully involved assistant for a typical work day, working hard to complete every task as best he can despite discomfort, hazards, or repulsive situations. Nearly every job is even more difficult than he expects.
Original Air Date: Nov 7, 2003
Genres: RealityTV Series
Rating: TV14
Playback: HD
6 seasons available on demand (52 episodes)
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