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First Aired: July 26th, 2005
Status: Continuing
Genre: Reality
Network: Discovery
Summary: Host and everyman Mike Rowe gets the grimy scoop on downright nasty occupations.
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# of Episodes: 219
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Season 5
Episode 1: Bologna Maker
Air Date: January 6th, 2009
Summary: Mike heads to Pennsylvania and tries his hand at making bologna and then goes to Alaska to repair a very special toilet.
Episode 2: Abandoned Mine Plugger
Air Date: January 13rd, 2009
Summary: Mike travels to Ohio to check on the Common Tern population and then he finds himself in Northern California plugging an abandoned mineshaft.
Episode 3: Animal Rendering
Air Date: January 20th, 2009
Summary: 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.
Episode 4: Goose Down Plucker
Air Date: January 27th, 2009
Summary: 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.
Episode 5: Diaper Cleaner
Air Date: February 3rd, 2009
Summary: Mike journeys to Queen Creek, Arizona to press olives into oil and then heads to Sacramento, California to clean dirty diapers.
Episode 6: Spider Pharm
Air Date: February 10th, 2009
Summary: 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.
Episode 7: Locomotive Builder
Air Date: February 17th, 2009
Summary: Mike heads to MotivePower in Boise, Idaho to build and restore locomotives for his 200th dirty job.
Episode 8: 200 Jobs Look-Back
Air Date: February 24th, 2009
Summary: Mike takes a look back at his previous jobs, toughest co-workers, and his ongoing encounters with dirt and poo. With additional footage from "Skull Cleaner" and "Turkey Inseminator"
Episode 9: Mike's Day Off
Air Date: March 3rd, 2009
Summary: Mike takes the day off to get a physical examination, leaving Executive Producers Eddie Barbini and Craig Piligian to host the show: servicing porta-potties and making custom-fabricated alloy wheels for Boyd Coddington Wheels
Episode 10: Sled Dog Breeder
Air Date: April 12nd, 2009
Summary: Breeding and training Alaskan Huskies as sled dogs with Martin Buser; revisit of dirty jobs in Alaska: Bird ringing common terns and Canadian geese ("Abandoned Mine Plugger"), fishing and processing of fish ("Floating Fish Factory"), cleaning up diesel spill in Dutch Harbor, Alaska ("Ice Salvage Crew"), incinerating toilet cleaner ("Bologna Maker"). The mail bag portion was taped at the Soo Locks on the floor of the MacArthur Lock in front of the upstream bulkheads.
Episode 11: Mattress Recycler
Air Date: October 6th, 2009
Summary: Mike finds out what happens to old mattresses after people throw them out.
Episode 12: High-Rise Window Washer
Air Date: October 13rd, 2009
Summary: High-rise window washer, viewer mail: brine tank cleaner (Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay)
Episode 13: Toilet Crusher
Air Date: October 20th, 2009
Summary: Toilet Crusher & alligator snapping turtle researcher
Episode 14: Camel Rancher
Air Date: October 27th, 2009
Summary: Mike works at the country's only Dromedary camel dairy.
Episode 15: Tofu Maker
Air Date: November 3rd, 2009
Summary: Mike recycles computers before heading to Hawaii to make tofu.
Episode 16: Glass Maker
Air Date: November 10th, 2009
Summary: 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.
Episode 17: Rocky Reach Dam
Air Date: November 17th, 2009
Summary: 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.
Episode 18: Safety Third
Air Date: November 24th, 2009
Summary: Mike reflects back on his more hazardous apprenticeships and makes a case for safety.
Episode 19: Reindeer Farm
Air Date: December 1st, 2009
Summary: 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.
Episode 20: Marble Maker
Air Date: December 8th, 2009
Summary: 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.
Episode 21: Fireworks Technician
Air Date: December 15th, 2009
Summary: 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.
Episode 22: Worm Grunter
Air Date: December 22nd, 2009
Summary: Mike goes to Florida to harvest clams at the Alligator Harbor Aquatic Preserve and later attempt to worm-grunt in the Apalachicola National Forest.
Episode 23: Maple Syrup Maker
Air Date: December 29th, 2009
Summary: Mike travels to San Francisco to participate in the messy process of paint bulking. Then he heads to Wagner's Sugar Camp in Pennsylvania to spend the day making delicious maple syrup the old-fashioned way.
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