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Dirty Jobs

Tue, Jul 26, 2005
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Synopsis

Host and everyman Mike Rowe gets the grimy scoop on downright nasty occupations.

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  • Mike Rowe
    Mike Rowe
    as Self - Host
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Episodes

11 seasons · 149 episodes

To Be Determined · 149 aired
Season 1
9 episodes · 9 aired
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  • E1
    Bat Cave Scavenger
    Aired · Sat, Nov 8, 2003 · 60m

    Mike enters a bat cave in Texas in search of guano (bat excrement) to collect with a bat biologist. Later he helps to rehabilitate bats at a "bat hospital." Mike then goes in search of mud used to give grip to baseballs in the major leagues. Finally, Mike tries his hand at filleting fish and takes part in the many stages of seafood production.

  • E2
    Worm Dung Farmer
    Aired · Sat, Nov 15, 2003 · 60m

    Catfish noodler, septic tank technician, worm castings rancher

  • E3
    Roadkill Cleaner
    Aired · Sat, Nov 22, 2003 · 60m

    Golf ball diver, horse breeder, roadkill collector

  • E4
    Chinatown Garbage Collector
    Aired · Wed, Jul 27, 2005 · 60m

    Garbage collector/recycling separator, shark catcher/tagger, car recycling

  • E5
    Sewer Inspector
    Aired · Wed, Aug 3, 2005 · 60m

    Sewer inspector, disaster cleanup crew member (basement sewer), demolition worker (office building interior)

  • E6
    Pig Farmer
    Aired · Wed, Aug 10, 2005 · 60m

    Pig farmer, removing chewing gum from sidewalks (New York City), pigeon droppings removal (New York City)

  • E7
    Chick Sexer
    Aired · Wed, Aug 17, 2005 · 60m

    Baby chicken sexer, beer brewer, oyster harvester

  • E8
    Vexcon
    Aired · Wed, Aug 24, 2005 · 60m

    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.

  • E9
    Sludge Cleaner
    Aired · Wed, Aug 31, 2005 · 60m

    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.

Season 2
23 episodes · 23 aired
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  • E1
    Hot Tar Roofer
    Aired · Wed, Sep 28, 2005 · 60m

    Mike first heads off to Pasadena, California and discovers the difficult step by step process in patching up a roof. Then Mike goes to New Jersey and helps move a 60 ton, 225 year old house.

  • E2
    Ostrich Farmer
    Aired · Wed, Oct 5, 2005 · 60m

    Mike visits a coffee plantation in Hawaii and learns about the long process in how to make coffee, from picking the beans to roasting them. Mike then goes to Sausalito, CA to be a marine mammal rescuer and help rehabilitate some injured seals.Finally, Mike learns about ostrich farming, from their daily upkeep to collecting their eggs.

  • E3
    Cheese Maker
    Aired · Wed, Oct 12, 2005 · 60m

    Mike visits the San Francisco Zoo and learns what it's like to be a zookeeper, essentially feeding the animals and collecting their poo.Mike then goes to Vermont to a haunted cheese making factory and learns not only how to make cheese, but the art of patience.Finally, Mike learns how to be a volcano ash mud bath mixer (spa technician) in Calistoga, CA and takes a mud bath after a very dirty day. That's not all - Mike also journeys to a live volcano in Hawaii and gets up close and personal with some very hot lava.

  • E4
    Shrimper
    Aired · Wed, Oct 19, 2005 · 60m

    Mike goes to South Carolina and learns about shrimping. He also helps study the shrimp population in order to find out when it's time to open the shrimping season. Mike then goes to the swamps of Louisiana to catch some crawfish. Finally, Mike goes to Washington to clean up an illegal tire dump and recycle some tires.

  • E5
    Bio-Diesel Man
    Aired · Wed, Oct 26, 2005 · 60m

    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.

  • E6
    Micro-Algae Man
    Aired · Wed, Nov 2, 2005 · 60m

    Mike begins by traveling to Palo Alto, CA to learn how to be a pet groomer, from cutting hair to giving baths. Mike then goes to Hawaii to turn happy green algae into unhappy red algae to be used as antioxidant gelcaps for human consumption. Finally, Mike goes to Missouri to learn how to be a charcoal factory worker. Mike ends the day with a barbeque and introduces us to the crew that help make the show.

  • E7
    Chimney Sweeper
    Aired · Wed, Nov 9, 2005 · 60m

    Mike first goes to the Chimney Safety Institute of America in Plainfield, IN and learns how to be a certified chimney sweeper. Mike then goes to Ontario, Canada to salvage underwater logs, which are then used to make furniture. Finally, Mike visits a scrap metal recycler in St. Louis, MO and learns how to separate different metals and operate some big machines.

  • E8
    Avian-vomitologist
    Aired · Wed, Dec 14, 2005 · 60m

    Mike Rowe revisits some his previous jobs involving animals and talks about some of the behind the scenes action. Mike looks at clips from when he was a pig farmer, a chick sexer, a pet groomer, a horse breeder, and finally an ostrich farmer.

  • E9
    Turkey Farmer
    Aired · Wed, Jan 18, 2006 · 60m

    Mike works on a turkey farm and a potato farm; later he works at a water treatment plant where he removes sewage.

  • E10
    Alligator Farmer
    Aired · Wed, Jan 25, 2006 · 60m

    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.

  • E11
    Mushroom Farmer
    Aired · Wed, Mar 8, 2006 · 60m

    Making mushrooms by mixing horse manure and grounded straw; rat-infested rain drains in LA; shower drains in Erie, Penn.

  • E12
    Plumber
    Aired · Wed, Mar 15, 2006 · 60m

    Mike reunites with his catfish-noodler friend for some tough plumbing; drilling mud at a synthetic mud company, and oil drilling with roughnecks.

  • E13
    Termite Controller
    Aired · Wed, Mar 22, 2006 · 60m

    Mike steps into the shoes of a concrete spreader for some curb side and sidewalk foundation. He reunites with the Vexcon exterminator crew to wage war against millions of termites that have attacked a local church and chips concrete out of giant mixers.

  • E14
    Casino Food Recycler
    Aired · Wed, Jun 14, 2006 · 60m

    It's a glitzy Las Vegas premiere as Mike visits the Lance Burton Theater to clean up the pens for Lance's show doves and geese. Mike then gets really dirty by visiting a pig farmer and helping him process and transport yesterday's buffet leftovers to feed the pigs.

  • E15
    Rose Parade Float Dismantler
    Aired · Wed, Jun 21, 2006 · 60m

    Mike first goes to Pennsylvania at a coal processing plant and learns how to make coke, carbonized coal used to make iron which in turn is used to make steel. Mike then goes to Washington to an oyster shucking plant and works alongside a very dirty girl. Finally, Mike goes to Pasadena, CA to dismantle floats from the Tournament of Roses Parade.

  • E16
    Garbage Pit Technician
    Aired · Wed, Jun 28, 2006 · 60m

    Mike first heads off to Las Vegas to work at an old fashioned printing press making lithographs of himself for the official Dirty Jobs poster. Mike then goes to Lincoln, CA and helps make large scale terra cotta building sculpture pieces from recycled terra cotta sewer pipes. Finally, Mike visits a garbage processing plant in San Francisco where food and assorted scraps are passed through a rolling cylinder and "digested" to make a methane gas energy supply.

  • E17
    Skull Cleaner
    Aired · Wed, Jul 12, 2006 · 60m

    Mike first goes to Sacramento, CA to help repair railroad tracks. Mike then heads to Louisiana to learn how to make "boudin" (Cajun sausage). Mike then cuts and fry's pig skins to make "cracklin" (pork rinds). Finally, Mike goes to Oklahoma and joins a skull cleaning business to learn how to clean skulls and bones using beetles and maggots, including a whale carcass.

  • E18
    Geoduck Farmer
    Aired · Wed, Jul 19, 2006 · 60m

    Mike first heads off to California to help tear down a dam so trout on the endangered species list can spawn. Mike then goes to Pennsylvania to restore a church's pipe organ, a process that takes a total of eight years to complete. Finally, Mike goes to Puget Sound in Washington to harvest geoduck clams, otherwise known as "gooey ducks".

  • E19
    Fuel Tank Cleaner
    Aired · Wed, Jul 26, 2006 · 60m

    Mike heads to a good old fashioned steel town in Pennsylvania to work at a 75 year old candy store named Wertz Candies making all sorts of candy treats. Mike then goes to California and works as a tire retreader. Finally, Mike goes to McConnell AFB in Kansas to help repair the fuel tanks of a refueling tanker aircraft.

  • E20
    Coal Miner
    Aired · Wed, Aug 9, 2006 · 60m

    Mike helps a family in New Jersey demolish and recycle parts from 100 year old buildings on an old college campus. Finally, Mike enters the dangerous world of a coal miner in an upstate Pennsylvania coal mine.

  • E21
    Hoof Cleaner
    Aired · Wed, Aug 16, 2006 · 60m

    Mike Rowe first joins a crew at a rock quarry in Washington and learns what it takes to make gravel from loading rocks to blowing up a side of a mountain. Next, Mike gets hip deep in mud and muck working with the hippo keepers at the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, NJ. Finally, Mike helps a crew of hooftrimmers give some cows a pedicure and later cleans a cow foot bath.

  • E22
    Alpaca Shearer
    Aired · Wed, Aug 23, 2006 · 60m

    Mike once again joins up with the guys of Taylor Shellfish Farms to help them harvest mussels. Next he goes to Hawaii to learn about harvesting taro. Finally, Mike joins a family of alpaca farmers and learns the hard way that alpacas can be pretty ill-willed animals when it comes to shearing them.

  • E23
    Monkey Caretaker
    Aired · Wed, Aug 30, 2006 · 60m

    Mike Rowe meets his match when he travels to South Africa to take care of monkeys that are being trained to go back into the wild

Season 3
22 episodes · 22 aired
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  • E1
    Snake Researcher
    Aired · Wed, Nov 29, 2006 · 60m

    Mike Rowe wrangles some water snakes, steps into the shoes of hard working bait and lobster fishermen in Maine, and opens the viewer mail bag which results in some seaweed trimming.

  • E2
    Penguin Keeper
    Aired · Wed, Dec 6, 2006 · 60m

    Even though Mike has worked with concrete before in Dallas, he visits concrete workers in California today to learn the art of concrete stamping. Then he goes to New Orleans to care for penguins. While they may seem cute and cuddly, penguins create a lot of very smelly waste which Mike discovers when he heads to Audubon Zoo in New Orleans to work as a keeper for the day. Finally, he gets in the mud to hunt blood worms in Maine

  • E3
    Bell Maker
    Aired · Wed, Dec 13, 2006 · 60m

    Mike makes giant bells at the McShane Bell Foundry; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts yearly maintenance on a hurricane barrier.

  • E4
    Mosquito Control Officer
    Aired · Wed, Dec 20, 2006 · 60m

    Mike Rowe rolls up his sleeve and gets dirty making giant bells at the McShane Bell Foundry. Mike also gets down and dirty with the US Army Corps of Engineers as they conduct yearly maintenance on a hurricane barrier that was raised from the oceans floor. Mike helps New Orleans residents restore, rebuild and revive their city in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

  • E5
    Bug Breeder
    Aired · Wed, Jan 10, 2007 · 60m

    First Mike helps remove trees and tree stumps in California. Mike then gets himself dirty with some fainting goats in Tennessee. Then he vists a place that breeds exotic insects in New Orleans.

  • E6
    Poo Pot Maker
    Aired · Wed, Jan 17, 2007 · 60m

    Join the intrepid Mike Rowe as he heads to a farm specializing in making garden pots from cow manure; he them visits California to check out the state's salmon population.

  • E7
    Mule Logger
    Aired · Wed, Jan 24, 2007 · 60m

    Mike joins forces with a master-cooper, or in laymen's terms, a barrel maker. Mike also teams up with some mule loggers.

  • E8
    Well Digger
    Aired · Wed, Jan 31, 2007 · 60m

    Mike joins the Bowie BaySox team at Prince Georges Stadium in Maryland acting as a groundskeeper. Next he fixes boat moorings with a former Navy SEAL. He then joins Watson Water company dig deep through mud, rock, gravel, sand and water as they drill for heating and water in Tennessee. Also, Mike takes a dive into the mail bag.

  • E9
    Cave Digger
    Aired · Wed, Feb 21, 2007 · 60m

    Mike helps dig wine caverns then mike helps New Orleans residents restore, rebuild and revive their city in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

  • E10
    Salt Miner
    Aired · Wed, Feb 28, 2007 · 60m

    Mike goes underground in Hutchinson, Kansas to learn about mining rock salt. This episode also focuses on the behind the scenes action in filming the show.

  • E11
    Wine Maker
    Aired · Wed, Mar 7, 2007 · 60m

    Mike first heads off to Napa Valley to learn how to make wine. Mike then gets dirty at a Kansas Cattle Ranch learning about the cattle business.

  • E12
    Steam Ship Cleaner
    Aired · Wed, Mar 14, 2007 · 60m

    Mike heads off to San Diego to learn the dirty job of hydroseeding. He then reads a viewer's letter and shows us never before seen footage from a previous episode. Finally Mike gets dirty cleaning up a 100 year old steam yacht.

  • E13
    Billboard Installer
    Aired · Wed, Jun 27, 2007 · 60m

    Mike heads off to Texas to work with an outdoor advertising company.

  • E14
    Snake Wrangler
    Aired · Wed, Jul 11, 2007 · 60m

    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.

  • E15
    Leather Tanner
    Aired · Wed, Jul 18, 2007 · 60m

    Mike goes to Georgia to learn how to make artistic jugs. He then joins Richard Meyer and his sons in upstate New York to learn the ancient trade of tanning leather.

  • E16
    Bridge Painter
    Aired · Wed, Aug 8, 2007 · 60m

    Mike Rowe and the Dirty Jobs crew travels to Michigan to work with the Mackinac Bridge Authority on one of the world's largest suspension bridges. Mike goes to great lengths, and heights, braving 50 mile per hour winds while helping paint the bridge.

  • E17
    Vomit Island Workers
    Aired · Wed, Aug 15, 2007 · 60m

    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.

  • E18
    Alligator Egg Collector
    Aired · Wed, Aug 22, 2007 · 60m

    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.

  • E19
    Wild Goose Chase
    Aired · Wed, Aug 29, 2007 · 60m

    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.

  • E20
    Special Effects Artist
    Aired · Wed, Oct 31, 2007 · 60m

    Mike exposes the fascinating secrets behind the dirty world of special effects. He explores this very strange world as he is transformed into a real life zombie by special effects artist, Toby Sells. Also, Mike gets dirty harvesting kelp.

  • E21
    Reef Ball Maker
    Aired · Wed, Nov 7, 2007 · 60m

    Mike rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty in order to help create an artificial underwater reef. It's a dirty job that is helping to revitalize fish and coral populations in areas that have been devastated by pollution.

  • E22
    Exotic Animal Keeper
    Aired · Wed, Nov 14, 2007 · 60m

    Mike Rowe rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty at a recycling center in San Francisco that requires their dump truck drivers to clean out the back of their dirty trucks after each shift. It's a dirty job that even Mike has a hard time completing.

Season 4
14 episodes · 14 aired
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  • E1
    Big Animal Vet
    Aired · Wed, Jan 9, 2008 · 60m

    Mike helps out at a BBQ restaurant and gets to help clean out the smoker. After that a trip to the farm to help out a big animal vet. For his last job Mike gets to help dig a tank out of the ground

  • E2
    Steel Mill Worker
    Aired · Wed, Jan 16, 2008 · 60m

    Mike Rowe gets dirty in St. Louis as he works with a river barge demolition team and then melts down the scrap steel into molten metal.

  • E3
    Cave Digger
    Aired · Wed, Jan 23, 2008 · 60m

    Mike Rowe works with a cave biologist and then braves the high seas in search of slime eels.

  • E4
    Buoy Cleaner
    Aired · Wed, Jan 30, 2008 · 60m

    Mike Rowe gets dirty in Oregon making shingles and then jumps on a Coast Guard ship to clean dirty buoys.

  • E5
    Cranberry Farmer
    Aired · Wed, Feb 6, 2008 · 60m

    Mike Rowe gets dirty making handmade bricks in South Carolina. He then masters the art of cranberry farming in Oregon.

  • E6
    Mud Mineral Excavator
    Aired · Wed, Feb 13, 2008 · 60m

    Mike Rowe gets dirty in Death Valley, CA preparing for a gem and mineral show. He then helps save injured birds from a nearby salt lake. Finally, he gets dirty working at a rice plantation in South Carolina.

  • E7
    Dirty Jobs of the Big Apple
    Aired · Tue, Apr 15, 2008 · 60m

    Join Mike Rowe as he takes on some of the dirtiest jobs in New York City; he scales a skyscraper to build a water tower on the roof before trying his hand at lift repair.

  • E8
    Floating Fish Factory
    Aired · Tue, Apr 22, 2008 · 60m

    Mike travels to Alaska for an adventure aboard a fish processing ship.

  • E9
    Dairy Cow Midwife
    Aired · Tue, Apr 29, 2008 · 60m

    Inside an Indiana dairy farm, Mike learns how to milk a cow and use a blow torch to clean her udders. Then, Mike gets the inside scoop on how to inseminate a cow. Finally, he gets an up-close look at fatherhood as he helps deliver baby calves.

  • E10
    Aerial Tram Greaser
    Aired · Tue, May 6, 2008 · 60m

    Mike heads to the site of a future California neighborhood where he learns that there's more to erosion control than one might think. Then Mike gets a bird's eye view of Palm Springs as he helps maintain and repair the tram 8,500 feet above the city.

  • E11
    Turkey Inseminator
    Aired · Tue, May 13, 2008 · 60m

    Making a home energy efficient by improving insulation, turkey artificial insemination, viewer mail, car crusher

  • E12
    Ice Salvage Crew
    Aired · Tue, May 20, 2008 · 60m

    Mike gets dirty in Alaska as he helps protect the environment by cleaning up an oil spill. He then travels to Minnesota where he works to pull a car out of a lake that has fallen through the ice.

  • E13
    Wind Farm Technician
    Aired · Tue, Jun 3, 2008 · 60m

    Mike heads to an Oklahoma wind farm and learns that going green sometimes means you've got to get brown first. Then he heads to Kentucky to clean out a sinkhole that some have unfortunately turned into a garbage dump.

  • E14
    Animal Barber
    Aired · Tue, Jun 10, 2008 · 60m

    Mike first visits Terressentials where natural organic hair care products are made out of mud. He then returns to Montana to do some more work with big animal vet Charlene Esch. Finally, Mike joins forces with the yak and bison rancher who put him to work in his 150th Dirty Job.

Season 5
16 episodes · 16 aired
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  • E1
    Tar Rigger
    Aired · Wed, Oct 8, 2008 · 60m

    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.

  • E2
    Dirty Chip Maker
    Aired · Wed, Oct 15, 2008 · 60m

    Mike heads to the Dirty Potato Chips factory and learns how potato chips are made and what it takes to keep the machines used to make them clean and in working order. Then it?s off to Rifle, CO where Mike attempts to clean a "monster" hidden underground.

  • E3
    Sheep Castrator
    Aired · Wed, Oct 22, 2008 · 60m

    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.

  • E4
    Leech Trapper
    Aired · Wed, Oct 29, 2008 · 60m

    Mike teams up with the boys from Bartos Bait & Fish to catch leeches that will later be sold for fish bait. Then it's off to the Green Tripe factory in Hollister, CA where Mike helps make BARF (Biologically Appropriate Raw Food) for dogs.

  • E5
    Mannequin Factory
    Aired · Wed, Nov 12, 2008 · 60m

    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.

  • E6
    Egg Farm
    Aired · Wed, Nov 19, 2008 · 60m

    Mike visits a Chicken Farm to see how eggs make it to the store. There, he finds out that 1.4 million chickens equal a lot of poo, which he gets the chance to clean. Later, Mike learns how dirty dirt becomes clean dirt as he sterilizes soil in Oklahoma.

  • E7
    Vellum Maker
    Aired · Wed, Nov 26, 2008 · 60m

    Mike travels to Yakama, Washington to harvest hops, the main ingredient in beer. From there Mike goes to the Hudson Valley where he turns animal hides in to paper.

  • E8
    Maggot Farmer
    Aired · Wed, Dec 3, 2008 · 60m

    Mike travels to Yakama, Washington to harvest hops, the main ingredient in beer. From there Mike goes to the Hudson Valley where he turns animal hides in to paper.

  • E9
    Gourd Maker
    Aired · Wed, Dec 10, 2008 · 60m

    Mike Rowe cleans out a Connecticut lake and then turns gourds into artwork in Pennsylvania.

  • E10
    Bologna Maker
    Aired · Wed, Jan 7, 2009 · 60m

    Mike heads to Pennsylvania and tries his hand at making bologna and then goes to Alaska to repair a very special toilet.

  • E11
    Abandoned Mine Plugger
    Aired · Wed, Jan 14, 2009 · 60m

    Mike travels to Ohio to check on the Common Tern population and then he finds himself in Northern California plugging an abandoned mineshaft.

  • E12
    Animal Rendering
    Aired · Wed, Jan 21, 2009 · 60m

    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.

  • E13
    Goose Down Plucker
    Aired · Wed, Jan 28, 2009 · 60m

    Mike Rowe works with a cave biologist and then braves the high seas in search of slime eels.

  • E14
    Diaper Cleaner
    Aired · Wed, Feb 4, 2009 · 60m

    Mike Rowe heads to Queen Creek in Arizona to make oil out of olives, and then cleans dirty nappies in Sacramento, California.

  • E15
    Spider Pharm
    Aired · Wed, Feb 4, 2009 · 60m

    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.

  • E16
    Locomotive Builder
    Aired · Wed, Feb 18, 2009 · 60m

    Mike heads to MotivePower in Boise, Idaho to build and restore locomotives for his 200th dirty job.

Season 6
19 episodes · 19 aired
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  • E1
    Mattress Recycler
    Aired · Wed, Oct 7, 2009 · 60m

    Mike finds out what happens to old mattresses after people throw them out.

  • E2
    High-Rise Window Washer
    Aired · Wed, Oct 14, 2009 · 60m

    High-rise window washer, viewer mail: brine tank cleaner (Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay)

  • E3
    Toilet Crusher
    Aired · Wed, Oct 21, 2009 · 60m

    Toilet Crusher & alligator snapping turtle researcher

  • E4
    Camel Rancher
    Aired · Wed, Oct 28, 2009 · 60m

    Mike works at the country's only Dromedary camel dairy.

  • E5
    Tofu Maker
    Aired · Wed, Nov 4, 2009 · 60m

    Mike recycles computers before heading to Hawaii to make tofu.

  • E6
    Glass Maker
    Aired · Wed, Nov 11, 2009 · 60m

    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.

  • E7
    Rocky Reach Dam
    Aired · Wed, Nov 18, 2009 · 60m

    Mike journeys to Wenatchee, Washington to help maintain a hydroelectric dam. Then he explores a fish bypass system where he catches and tags fish and winds up wading through a pool of fish poop.

  • E8
    Safety Third
    Aired · Wed, Nov 25, 2009 · 60m

    Mike reflects back on his more hazardous apprenticeships and makes a case for safety.

  • E9
    Reindeer Farm
    Aired · Wed, Dec 2, 2009 · 60m

    Mike goes to Kentucky to try his hand at shrink-wrapping a houseboat. Then he heads off to Palmer, Alaska to spend a day working at a reindeer farm.

  • E10
    Marble Maker
    Aired · Wed, Dec 16, 2009 · 60m

    Mike goes to Hawaii to learn how to make dirt shirts at The Original Dirt Shirt Company. Then he heads off to Reno, Ohio to learn how to make marbles.

  • E11
    Fireworks Technician
    Aired · Wed, Dec 16, 2009 · 60m

    Mike becomes a specialty fireworks technician in Addison, Pa. and then helps examine a cow with a hole in its stomach at Arkansas State University.

  • E12
    Worm Grunter
    Aired · Wed, Dec 23, 2009 · 60m

    Mike goes to Florida to harvest clams at the Alligator Harbor Aquatic Preserve and later attempt to worm-grunt in the Apalachicola National Forest.

  • E13
    Maple Syrup Maker
    Aired · Wed, Dec 30, 2009 · 60m

    Mike goes to Florida to harvest clams at the Alligator Harbor Aquatic Preserve and later attempt to worm-grunt in the Apalachicola National Forest.

  • E14
    Animal Control Specialist
    Aired · Wed, Jan 6, 2010 · 60m

    Mike goes to Southern California to handle skunks and other pests as an animal control specialist.

  • E15
    Cricket Farmer
    Aired · Wed, Jan 13, 2010 · 60m

    Mike goes to work at a cricket farm in Augusta, Georgia and later becomes a camel rancher at the Oasis Camel Dairy in Ramona, California.

  • E16
    Chicken Busters
    Aired · Wed, Jan 20, 2010 · 60m

    Mike goes on the hunt for feral chickens on the streets of Miami.

  • E17
    Soo Locks Technician
    Aired · Wed, Jan 27, 2010 · 60m

    Mike goes to Michigan to join up with the 12 maintenance crew.

  • E18
    Concrete Finisher
    Aired · Wed, Feb 3, 2010 · 60m

    Mike creates some concrete counter-tops and fire pits in Moss Landing, California and then reminisces about the scariest job he's ever done.

  • E19
    Bone Black
    Aired · Mon, Sep 20, 2010 · 60m

    Mike visits a bone black plant in Michigan and then talks about his five dirtiest jobs.

Season 7
19 episodes · 19 aired
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  • E1
    Exotic Nanny
    Aired · Wed, Oct 20, 2010 · 60m

    Mike visits a Texas ranch that breeds exotic animals like sloths, lemurs, camels, and bearcats.

  • E2
    Wetland Warrior
    Aired · Wed, Oct 27, 2010 · 60m

    Mike acts as a fugitive attempting to outsmart a team of bloodhounds and evade being captured; combating invasive species in the Florida Everglades

  • E3
    Sea Lamprey Exterminator
    Aired · Wed, Nov 3, 2010 · 60m

    Mike helps the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in battling the sea lamprey population that threatens the fishing industry of the Great Lakes. Also, Mike makes meat gel to feed fish in Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino's shark reef aquarium.

  • E4
    Animal Relocator
    Aired · Wed, Nov 10, 2010 · 60m

    Mike visits an old-fashioned corn mill in De Kalb, Miss. Also, Mike helps relocate a pair of exotic deer in Wills Point, Texas.

  • E5
    Lightning Rod Installer
    Aired · Wed, Nov 17, 2010 · 60m

    Mike learns how to install a lightning rod on a home in Lucedale, Miss.

  • E6
    Woolen Mill Operator
    Aired · Mon, Nov 22, 2010 · 60m

    Mike spends a day working at Ohio Valley Natural Fibers, where he makes yarn from fleece; then he goes to work at a day spa in Michigan, where he helps wax hair.

  • E7
    Pinsetter Mechanic
    Aired · Wed, Nov 24, 2010 · 60m

    Mike visits a bowling center in Fremont, Cal. and at the request of a fan turns the spotlight on his cameraman.

  • E8
    Bug Detective
    Aired · Wed, Nov 17, 2010 · 60m

    Mike visits a forensic entomology lab where he helps inspect pig carcasses for maggots and other insects.

  • E9
    Horse Tester
    Aired · Wed, Dec 1, 2010 · 60m

    Joe Pagan of the Kentucky Equine Research facility in Woodford County, Kentucky gives Mike the low-down on their work testing foods and training techniques in order to create healthier, more athletic horses.

  • E10
    Custom Meat Processor
    Aired · Wed, Dec 8, 2010 · 60m

    Mike heads to a San Francisco dump to learn how hawks are employed as a seagull-removing method; then he is off to work on a mobile meat processing truck.

  • E11
    Date Palm Pollinator
    Aired · Wed, Dec 29, 2010 · 60m

    Mike Rowe climbs date palms with the pollinators guaranteeing a good crop of fruit, cuts granite, and tries his luck at the gun range; he also answers viewer mail.

  • E12
    Asphalt Paver
    Aired · Wed, Jan 5, 2011 · 60m

    In Nebraska, Mike Rowe takes a shot at paving roads. Then, in reply to a mailbag question about his favorite animal, he recalls the time he crossed paths with a tiger crossbreed in Texas.

  • E13
    Rum Distiller
    Aired · Wed, Jan 12, 2011 · 60m

    Mike visits a distillery, where he turns molasses into rum, hauls hoses, scours copper and works with scalding liquid.

  • E14
    Hair Fairy
    Aired · Wed, Jan 19, 2011 · 60m

    Mike installs a metal power pole in Wyoming and later learns about how to remove lice from hair in San Francisco.

  • E15
    Scrapple Maker
    Aired · Wed, Feb 2, 2011 · 60m

    Mike learns how to make a pig delicacy known as scrapple and later becomes a shoe doctor's assistant.

  • E16
    Blueberry Connoisseur
    Aired · Wed, Feb 9, 2011 · 60m

    Mike visits a jelly bean company to create a flavored jelly bean based on the smell of his boots; he then travels to Maine to harvest blueberries, before joining in a pie bakeoff.

  • E17
    Sponge Diver
    Aired · Wed, Feb 16, 2011 · 60m

    Mike heads to Tarpon Springs, Florida to help collect sponges off the sea floor. Then he answers viewer mail and recounts his struggle with a metal fence post at an abandoned mine.

  • E18
    Cedar Log Peeler
    Aired · Wed, Feb 23, 2011 · 60m

    Mike works on a fish processing boat in the Bering Sea and cleans out the fish grinder. Then he heads to the Rapid River Rustic Mill to lend a hand with debarking, peeling and processing wood for a cedar log cabin.

  • E19
    Termite Researcher
    Aired · Wed, Mar 2, 2011 · 60m

    Mike visits with long-time fans Marilyn and Carolyn Maedel to look at never-before-seen footage at a crawfish factory in Louisiana. Then, he experiences the many hands-on duties that come with being a termite researcher on Sapolo Island in Georgia.

Season 8
9 episodes · 9 aired
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  • E1
    Fish Squeezer
    Aired · Wed, Dec 14, 2011 · 60m

    Mike travels to New Mexico to work as a Fish Squeezer with the Department of Game and Fish. Then he heads to Virginia to practice the ancient art of pet acupuncture on a goat named Lilly.

  • E2
    Fossil Hunter
    Aired · Wed, Dec 21, 2011 · 60m

    Mike travels to a remote area near Moab, Utah, to take on the job of being a paleontologist.

  • E3
    Doomsday Seed Banker
    Aired · Wed, Dec 28, 2011 · 60m

    The millennium seed project collects and preserves flora seeds for replanting after a catastrophic event.

  • E4
    Water Softener Technician
    Aired · Wed, Jan 4, 2012 · 60m

    Mike becomes a water softener technician in Minnesota, and works as a coin washer at a San Francisco hotel.

  • E5
    Barber's Assistant
    Aired · Wed, Jan 11, 2012 · 60m

    Mike learns some of the tricks of the haircutting trade; Mike spends the day working as a landfill operator.

  • E6
    Mardi Gras Bladder Banger
    Aired · Wed, Jan 18, 2012 · 60m

    Mike spends the day in Mobile, Ala. assembling cow bladders that will be used during a Mardi Gras parade

  • E7
    Medical Waste Disposal Expert
    Aired · Wed, Jan 25, 2012 · 60m

    Mike samples life as a medical waste processor, learning what medical waste is and then doing his bit to treat it; his new colleagues have some surprises in store.

  • E8
    Tower Top Hand
    Aired · Wed, Feb 8, 2012 · 60m

    Mike helps to erect a radio communications tower; celebrating the milestone of doing a dirty job in each of the 50 states.

  • E9
    Onion Processor
    Aired · Wed, Feb 15, 2012 · 60m

    At Gills Onions, Mike Rowe slices, dices and tastes onions before cleaning out the juicing machine and parts of the reactor. Then, its off to the San Francisco Fire Department to help build wooden ladders.

Season 9
4 episodes · 4 aired
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  • E1
    Lost in Aboriginal Land
    Aired · Thu, Aug 23, 2012 · 60m

    Mike Rowe works with Australia's northern coast Aboriginals, who have lived off the land for more than 40,000 years. It's a dirty adventure that leaves Mike speechless as he works and hunts (yes, hunts) with tribal leaders.

  • E2
    Deadly Snake Wrangler
    Aired · Thu, Aug 30, 2012 · 60m

    In Australia, Mike Rowe teams up with local business "Snakes Away" to capture a poisonous Eastern brown snake without getting bitten, then joins a posse of local "toadbusters" in their war against the cane toad, a non-indigenous species destroying the local ecosystem.

  • E3
    Journey to Croc Country
    Aired · Thu, Sep 6, 2012 · 60m

    Mike journeys down the Adelaide River to capture one of Australia's most deadly creatures: the crocodile. Then, after wrestling the wild crocs into the boat, he helps a scientist pump their stomachs and study their vomit.

  • E4
    Outback Treasure Hunter
    Aired · Thu, Sep 13, 2012 · 60m

    Mike and his crew travel deep into the Australian Outback to strike it rich with a group of opal miners. And then, with this already a dirty adventure with dangerous work and extreme temperatures, production is almost brought to a halt by a fly infestation.

Season 10
6 episodes · 6 aired
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  • E1
    Rodbuster / Galvanizer
    Aired · Mon, Jan 3, 2022 · 61m

    Mike works his hardest construction job yet. He helps a team of rodbusters, who carry 2 tons of reinforced steel each for overpass construction. Next, Mike combats the ruination of rust by galvanizing infrastructural steel in an 850-degree zinc bath.

  • E2
    Jellyballer / Epoxy Installer
    Aired · Mon, Jan 10, 2022 · 61m

    Mike Rowe joins a fourth-generation fisherman's crew in Georgia as they harvest cannonball Jellyfish for food, a trade known as "Jellyballing." Then Mike helps a father-son team install epoxy flooring at a restaurant in time for the dinner rush.

  • E3
    Tugboat Fitter / Tower Cleaner
    Aired · Mon, Jan 17, 2022 · 61m

    Mike visits a ship-building community in Coden, Alabama, to learn the ins-and-outs of building a tugboat, from tight spaces to complex algebra. Then he makes a long climb to the top of a dirty water tower in Magee, Mississippi, to clean inside the tank.

  • E4
    Rock Sucker / Mountain Carver
    Aired · Mon, Jan 24, 2022 · 61m

    Mike sucks rocks off an industrial roof with a massive vacuum. He then travels to the Black Hills to carve the largest monument in the world: Crazy Horse. Both stories involve several generations working together to pass on their life's ambitions.

  • E5
    Escalator Maintainer / Scorpion Sweeper
    Aired · Mon, Jan 31, 2022 · 61m

    Mike Rowe crams into a hockey arena's escalator where he scrapes and cleans a special kind of shmutz from the bottom. Then, he and a zoo keeper venture into the hot, treacherous Arizona desert at night to round up neurotoxic stinging scorpions.

  • E6
    Combat Surgeon / Iguana Hunter
    Aired · Mon, Feb 7, 2022 · 61m

    Mike Rowe trains as a trauma surgeon using hyper-realistic scenarios and specialized equipment to learn under simulated battlefield conditions. He then controls an invasive mess of iguanas which are posing health risks to humans on the Florida coast.

Season 11
8 episodes · 8 aired
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  • E1
    Pool Fixer / Hotel Soap Recycler
    Aired · Mon, Dec 12, 2022 · 61m

    Mike Rowe joins a second-generation pool fixer in West Palm Beach, Florida, and jumps into the 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.

  • E2
    Feral Cat Fixer / Reaper Keeper
    Aired · Mon, Dec 19, 2022 · 60m

    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, the hottest pepper in the world.

  • E3
    Pile Jacketer / Concrete Cleaner
    Aired · Mon, Jan 2, 2023 · 60m

    Mike Rowe preserves infrastructure as he 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.

  • E4
    Caviar Harvester / Spice Maker
    Aired · Mon, Jan 9, 2023 · 60m

    Mike Rowe shows us where our food comes from, harvesting caviar from the muddy Mississippi River. Mike brings his parents to work and rectifies misconceptions in his hometown of Baltimore preparing blue crab seasoning with a fourth-generation spice maker.

  • E5
    Baghouse Cleaner / Biochar Maker
    Aired · Mon, Jan 16, 2023 · 60m

    Mike Rowe attends a dusty baghouse party to clean the filtration system at a North Carolina asphalt plant. In Colorado, Mike solves global warming as he gets his dirtiest yet, pyrolyzing waste lumber into the planet's most efficient fertilizer: biochar.

  • E6
    Deer Urine Farmer / Necropsy
    Aired · Mon, Jan 23, 2023 · 60m

    Mike Rowe travels to Anna, IL, 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 and any possible human ramifications.

  • E7
    Manhole Rehab / Clock Caretaker
    Aired · Mon, Jan 30, 2023 · 61m

    Mike Rowe descends into the depths of an aging manhole, coating it with a polyurea liner to extend its warranty in Murfreesboro, TN. Mike joins an horologist and a priest to set the time right as he restores a historic clocktower in our nation's capital.

  • E8
    Beaver Relocator / Slime Master
    Aired · Mon, Feb 6, 2023 · 61m

    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 in the process of fulfilling a lifelong dream, working with a special effects artist at a glue factory in LA.