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| Discovery Channel (2007) | |||||
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| Mike Rowe | Himself - Host | |
| David M. Barsky | Himself | |
| Ed Palmer | Himself | |
| Greg Skomal | Himself | |
| Billy Bretherton | Himself | |
| Mary Bretherton | Herself | |
| Clay Brooks | Himself | |
| Jack Brooks | Himself | |
| Andrew Hunt | Himself | |
| Chuck Hunt | Himself | |
| Doug Osborne | Himself | |
| Eric Polich | Himself | |
| Steve Smith | Himself | |
| Dellen Vanderpool | Herself | |
| Floyd Guillory | Himself | |
| Wayne Magwood | Himself | |
| Barbara French | Herself | |
| Bruce Barbour | Himself | |
| Anthony Brown | Himself | |
| Deb Cano | Herself |
| Producer | Edward Barbini
Craig Piligian David M. Barsky Brett Boydstun |
| Cinematography | Doug Glover
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| Musician | David Vanacore
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DIRTY JOBS profiles the unsung American laborers who make their living in the most unthinkable — yet vital — ways. Our brave host and apprentice Mike Rowe will introduce you to a hardworking group of men and women who overcome fear, danger and sometimes stench and overall ickiness to accomplish their daily tasks. |
| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 7/26/2005 1. Chinatown Garbage Collector | ||
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Garbage collector/recycling separator, shark catcher/tagger, car recycling
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 8/2/2005 2. Sewer Inspector | ||
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Sewer inspector, disaster cleanup crew member (basement sewer), demolition worker (office building interior)
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 8/9/2005 3. Pig Farmer | ||
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Pig farmer, removing chewing gum from sidewalks (New York City), pigeon droppings removal (New York City)
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 8/16/2005 4. Chick Sexer | ||
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Baby chicken sexer, beer brewer, oyster harvester
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 8/23/2005 5. Vexcon | ||
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Exterminator, crab fisherman, blacksmith/farrier
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 8/30/2005 6. Sludge Cleaner | ||
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Mike Rowe gets dirty as he works with surfboard shaper Matt Barker. Mike masters the art of shaping a surfboard from Styrofoam. And Mike goes underground into a greasy pit of sludge as he joins an environmental company that recycles the gunky grime.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 9/27/2005 7. Hot Tar Roofer | ||
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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.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 10/4/2005 8. Ostrich Farmer | ||
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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.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 10/11/2005 9. Cheese Maker | ||
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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.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 10/18/2005 10. Shrimper | ||
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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.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 10/25/2005 11. Bio-Diesel Man | ||
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Mike goes to Washington and helps build a house out of cob, which is basically a combination of sand, clay, and straw.Mike then heads to California and works alongside Dave the bee man to get rid of some bee's infesting a church.Finally, Mike goes back to Washington and helps clean out the old oil from a deep fryer at a Mexican restaurant and then recycle the oil into fuel or bio-diesel.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 11/1/2005 12. Micro-Algae Man | ||
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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.
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| Seen it: Yes 60 mins 11/8/2005 13. Chimney Sweeper | ||
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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.
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