Dirty Jobs

  • : 2005
  • : 180
  • : 303
  • Discovery
  • 20
  • Documentary Reality

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3x1
Billboard Installer
Episode overview
26, 2007
Mike heads off to Texas to work with an outdoor advertising company.
3x2
Snake Wrangler
Episode overview
10, 2007
Reptile handler
3x3
Leather Tanner
Episode overview
17, 2007
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.
3x4
Dirtiest Machines on the Planet
Episode overview
24, 2007
Mike Rowe hosts a very special episode of Dirty Jobs as he looks back at some of the world's dirtiest machines that are making civilized life better for the rest of us.
3x5
Bridge Painter
Episode overview
07, 2007
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.
3x6
Vomit Island Workers
Episode overview
14, 2007
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.
3x7
Alligator Egg Collector
Episode overview
21, 2007
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.
3x8
Wild Goose Chase
Episode overview
27, 2007
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.
3x9
Crew's Cruise
Episode overview
25, 2007
After working at some of the dirtiest jobs in America, Mike decided it was time for him and his crew to be pampered as they look back on some of their favorite dirty jobs on board one of the Royal Carribean's most luxurious cruise ships.
3x10
150th Dirty Job Extravaganza
Episode overview
23, 2007
2 hour special episode celebrating Mike's working 150 dirty jobs. The episode also brings back some of your favorite people from Mike's former jobs.
3x11
Special Effects Artist
Episode overview
30, 2007
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.
3x12
Reef Ball Maker
Episode overview
06, 2007
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.
3x13
Exotic Animal Keeper
Episode overview
13, 2007
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.
3x14
Creepy Slimy And Just Plain Weird
Episode overview
20, 2007
Mike Rowe looks back at some of the creepiest, slimiest and downright weirdest citizens on the animal kingdom.
3x15
Spray Insulation Technician
Episode overview
27, 2007
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.
3x16
Dirty Innovators
Episode overview
04, 2007
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
3x17
Big Animal Vet
Episode overview
08, 2008
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.
3x18
Steel Mill Worker
Episode overview
15, 2008
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.
3x19
Cave Biologist
Episode overview
22, 2008
Mike Rowe works with a cave biologist and then braves the high seas in search of slime eels.
3x20
Buoy Cleaner
Episode overview
29, 2008
Mike Rowe gets dirty in Oregon making shingles and then jumps on a Coast Guard ship to clean dirty buoys.
3x21
Cranberry Farmer
Episode overview
05, 2008
Mike Rowe gets dirty making handmade bricks in South Carolina. He then masters the art of cranberry farming in Oregon.
3x22
Mud Mineral Excavator
Episode overview
12, 2008
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.
3x23
Tight Spaces
Episode overview
19, 2008
Mike Rowe looks back at jobs involving tight spaces: stripping and painting inside of Mackinac Bridge tower ("Bridge Painter"), replacing pipe underneath house ("Plumber"), KC-135R .. show full overview
3x24
Brown Plate Special
Episode overview
26, 2008
Mike Rowe Revisits jobs involving food: Coffee plantation ("Ostrich Farmer"); fish farmer ("Vomit Island Workers"); potato farmer ("Turkey Farmer"); oyster shucker ("Rose Parade Float .. show full overview
3x25
Dirty Jobs of the Big Apple
Episode overview
14, 2008
Mike Rowe rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty with some of the dirtiest jobs in New York City. First Mike climbs to the top of a giant building to build a water tower and then he masters the art of elevator repair.
3x26
Floating Fish Factory
Episode overview
21, 2008
Mike travels to Alaska for an adventure aboard a fish processing ship.
3x27
Dairy Cow Midwife
Episode overview
28, 2008
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.
3x28
Aerial Tram Greaser
Episode overview
05, 2008
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.
3x29
Turkey Inseminator
Episode overview
12, 2008
Making a home energy efficient by improving insulation, turkey artificial insemination, viewer mail, car crusher
3x30
Ice Salvage Crew
Episode overview
19, 2008
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.
3x31
Wind Farm Technician
Episode overview
02, 2008
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.
3x32
Animal Barber
Episode overview
09, 2008
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, .. show full overview
3x33
Brown Before Green
Episode overview
16, 2008
Mike looks back on several of the Dirty Jobs that help to clean up the environment. From geothermal drilling, to wood and tire salvage, to building cobb homes, one thing seemed constant: in order to be green, you usually have to get brown first.
3x34
Greenland Shark Quest
Episode overview
29, 2008
In this special episode of Dirty Jobs Mike heads to the edge of the Arctic Circle, on the northeast side of Canada's Baffin Island in search of one of the most mysterious sharks known to man: the Greenland shark.

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