TV Guide: Dirty Jobs

Listing: Hoof Cleaner

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Sat Nov 21 10:00 AM DSC Mike Rowe quarries rocks; mucks out a hippo stall at the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, N.J.; and addresses bovine foot problems.

Listing: Garbage Pit Technician

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Sat Nov 21 09:00 AM DSC Mike Rowe learns about lithography in Las Vegas, works in terra cotta, and joins San Francisco recyclers who convert organic waste into methane and then into electricity.

Listing: Leather Tanner

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 20 07:00 PM DSC Mike visits the Richard E. Meyer & Sons Tannery in Montgomery, N.Y., where he learns how to turn cowhides into suede.

Listing: Rocky Reach Dam

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:00:00 -0500

Tue Nov 17 09:00 PM DSC Mike visits a hydroelectric dam in Wenatchee, Wash. Also: what it's like to catch and tag fish in a fish-bypass system.

Listing: 200 Jobs Look-Back

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500

Tue Nov 17 07:00 PM DSC Highlights from the series are featured.

Listing: Casino Food Recycler

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Sat Nov 14 10:00 AM DSC Mike Rowe cleans up after the Lance Burton Magic Show that features geese, ducks and pigeons. Also: a Las Vegas pig farmer who recycles leftovers from the resort city's buffet meals.

Listing: Hot Tar Roofer

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Sat Nov 14 09:00 AM DSC Host Mike Rowe learns the subtleties of hot-tar roofing a church rooftop.

Listing: Dirty Jobs: Jobs That Bite...Harder

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 13 08:00 PM DSC Mike Rowe works with a company that builds fiberglass sharks, and his first assignment is to make a plaster mold of a shark caught off the Florida coast. Next, Mike dons a chain-mail diving suit and swims where Caribbean reef sharks are feeding.

Listing: Salt Miner

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 13 07:00 PM DSC Mike toils in the salt mines---literally---packing explosives to exploit a vein.

Listing: Glass Maker

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:00:00 -0500

Tue Nov 10 09:00 PM DSC Mike researches dung beetles in Jonesboro, Ark., and he tries to make glass art in Williamstown, W. Va.

Listing: Tofu Maker

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0500

Tue Nov 10 08:00 PM DSC An electronic waste-recycling facility is visited in California. Also: Mike makes tofu in Honolulu.

Listing: Bridge Painter

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500

Tue Nov 10 07:00 PM DSC 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.

Video: High-Rise Window Washer

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Mike travels to Hawaii and joins the crew of Worldwide Window Cleaning where he harnesses up and hops into a bosun's chair to clean windows 40 stories above downtown Honolulu.

Video: Toilet Crusher

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Mike treks to a creek in Arkansas to perform tests on endangered Alligator Snapping Turtles. Then, he travels to San Francisco where he removes and recycles toilets.

Video: Mattress Recycler

Amazon Video on Demand — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Mike heads to Miami to recover and crush abandoned boats. Then he heads to San Francisco to pick up and recycle used mattresses.

Photo: Dirty Jobs - At the San Francisco city dump, Mike Rowe learns how to sort and recycle old paints for use in third world countries, October 6, 2009

courtesy Discovery Channel — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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Photo: Dirty Jobs - Mike Rowe spends the day with the City of Miami, Florida attempting to wrangle some of the thousands of stray chickens roaming the neighborhoods, October 2009

courtesy Troy Paff/Discovery Channel — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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Photo: Dirty Jobs - Mike Rowe prepares a custom concrete mix at Mark Concrete in Moss Landing CA, where he learns how to build unique countertops, bathtubs, and fire-pits, October 2009

courtesy Troy Paff/Discovery Channel — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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Photo: Dirty Jobs - Mike Rowe at the Ebonex Corporation in Melvindale, MI, on August 25, 2009. This family owned company creates bone black pigments.

courtesy Jeffrey Sauger/Discovery Channel — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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Video: Bologna Maker

Amazon Video on Demand — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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

Video: Vellum Maker

Amazon Video on Demand — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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.

Video: Diaper Cleaner

Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Mike journeys to Queen Creek, Arizona to press olives into oil and then heads to Sacramento, California to clean dirty diapers.

Video: Sled Dog Breeder

Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Mike ventures out to discover what it takes to breed and train sled dogs at the Happy Trails Kennels in Big Lake, Alaska.

Video: Locomotive Builder

Amazon Video on Demand — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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

Video: Goose Down Plucker

Amazon Video on Demand — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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.

Video: Egg Farm

Amazon Video on Demand — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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.

Video: Animal Rendering

Amazon Video on Demand — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Mike heads to Southern California to find out what it takes to keep a tar pit clean. Then Mike travels north where he learns about rendering and discovers how much of a farm animal can be recycled.

Video: Gourd Maker

Amazon Video on Demand — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Mike travels to the middle of Connecticut to clean out a lake, then drops by a gourd farm in Pennsylvania and transforms gourds into a variety of products.

Video: Maggot Farmer

Amazon Video on Demand — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Mike travels to Congress, Arizona, to try his hand at moving a giant cactus before a storm comes in. Then Mike heads to Idaho where he visits a special kind of farm, one that raises maggots.

Video: Spider Pharm

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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.

Video: Dirty Jobs Viewers' Choice Extra

Amazon Video on Demand — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A collection of viewers' favorite moments, bloopers and out takes from Dirty Jobs.

Video: Special Effects Artist

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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.

Photo: Dirty Jobs - 200 jobs look back, February 24, 2009

courtesy Codi Barbini/Discovery Channel — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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Photo: Dirty Jobs - Mike Rowe reflects on his 200-job strong resume, February 24, 2009

courtesy Codi Barbini/Discovery Channel — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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Video: Sludge Cleaner

Amazon Video on Demand — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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.

Video: Big Animal Vet

Amazon Video on Demand — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Mike Rowe gets dirty at a famous barbeque joint, joins forces with a big animal veterinarian and finds himself deep in a New Jersey sludge.

Video: Wild Goose Chase

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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.

Video: Animal Barber

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Mike Rowe and the Dirty Jobs crew travel to the Spring Brook Ranch in Kalispell, Montana to join forces with a yak and bison rancher who put him to work in his 150th Dirty Job. It's a celebration of dirt as Mike and the crew go to work.

Video: Mule Logger

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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

Photo: Dirty Jobs - Mike Rowe on location at Meadowbrooke Farms in Carlisle, PA for the Gourd Maker episode, December 9, 2008

courtesy Andrew Cutraro / Aurora Select/Discovery Channel — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

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Photo: Dirty Jobs - Mike Rowe on location at Meadowbrooke Farms in Carlisle, PA for the Gourd Maker episode, December 9, 2008

courtesy Andrew Cutraro / Aurora SelectDiscovery Channel — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

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Photo: Dirty Jobs - Mike Rowe next to venting gas on torch bottles at Cash's Scrap Metal, St, Louis, MO, January 2008

courtesy Blaine Fisher/Getty Images/Discovery Channel — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

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Photo: Dirty Jobs - Mike Rowe during a break in St. Louis, MO, January 2008

courtesy Blaine Fisher/Getty Images/Discovery Channel — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

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Photo: Dirthy Jobs- host Mike Rowe holds a bunch of taro at Kukui Farms, July 2007

courtesy David Barsky/Discovery Channel — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500

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Photo: Dirty Jobs - Host Mike Rowe in Baseball Player episode, March 2007