Dirty Jobs

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.

Mike Rowe joins a rowdy construction crew in California and learns the art of concrete stamping. Then he takes care of some penguins in New Orleans and wades into the muck and mire of a tidal flat in Maine to go digging for bloodworms.

Mike Rowe rolls up his sleeve and gets dirty making giant bells at the McShane Bell Foundry. He 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 ocean's floor.

From gutting mold-infested houses to exterminating disease-ridden rats and mosquitoes, Mike has got his work cut out for him. He gets dirty helping New Orleans locals restore, rebuild and revive their city in the aftermath of Katrina.

Mike Rowe joins forces with a California stump removal service that's on a mission to eradicate the country of dead stumps. Then he gets dirty on a farm that with fainting goats and visits a bug-breeding facility that specializes in rare and exotic bugs.

Just when Mike thought he had seen it all, he is hired at a cow farm that specializes in making gardening pots out of cow manure. Then he counts dead salmon carcasses, opens up the mail bag to answer a viewer's question and gets bitten by a snake.

Mike joins forces with a master-cooper, or in laymen's terms, a barrel maker. Then he heads to the backwoods of Tennessee to work with lumber jacks that cut down giant trees, and pull the timber out of the forest with a team of mules.

Mike joins the Bowie BaySox team acting as a groundskeeper, gets wet and dirty helping secure boat moorings, then joins Watson Water company to dig deep through mud, rock, gravel, sand and water as they drill for heating and water in Tennessee.

Mike helps dig tunnels that are used as underground wine caverns. Then he is off to the airport where he does the dirty jobs behind the scenes.

This behind-the-scenes look at how Dirty Jobs is filmed on location follows Mike Roe to Hutchinson, KS for an up-close look at a salt mine, where he gets down and dirty underground packing explosives into a salt wall.

Mike gets dirty in Napa Valley as he takes on the dirty job of making wine. Then he rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty at a Kansas Cattle Ranch where he gets a lesson on how dirty the cattle business can be.

Mike joins forces with two guys from San Diego who have mastered the art of hydro-seeding. Then he rolls up his sleeves on a steam-ship ferry that's over 100 years old and delves into the mailbag to answers a viewer's question.

Mike Rowe teams up with an outdoor advertising company in Texas that teaches him the tricks of their very dirty trade.

Mike Rowe travels to Texas and joins forces with a local snake farm that is dedicated to raising some of the biggest and most dangerous snakes in the world. Mike is scared for his life as he moves giant snakes.

Mike joins Richard Meyers and his sons in the ancient art of tanning leather. At their tannery in New York, Mike rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty turning stiff cowhides into soft suede soles for bowling shoes.

Mike Rowe and the crew work with Michigan's Mackinac Bridge Authority, one of the world's largest suspension bridges, braving 50-mile-per-hour winds. Then Mike rolls up his sleeves to help with maintenance on NASA's $14 million dollar Space Crawler.

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.

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 job that's helping to preserve the population of the American alligator.

Mike Rowe goes on a wild goose chase, literally! He joins forces with a team of workers that round up a flock of wild geese with airplanes. And on Michigan's Macinac Island, he learns the true meaning (and cost) of horsepower in a place that time forgot.

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 a special effects artist. Then, he gets dirty harvesting kelp.

Mike's covered from head to toe, cleaning out the insides of muddy tanks for oil drilling, he helps make an artificial underwater reef, key to revitalizing fish and coral populations, and he gets an education in the process of making goat soap.

Mike works at a recycling center in San Francisco that requires its drivers to clean the backs of their garbage-hauling dump trucks after every shift. Then Mike plays with exotic animals and cleans a cougar-sized kitty litter box.

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 houses warm.

Mike Rowe cleans grease at a barbecue joint, experiences the world of llama dentistry and sick horses, and finds himself deep in a New Jersey sludge.