Seasons & episodes
S2 · E13Coal Miner 2006-08-08 · 60 min
Mike helps a family in New Jersey demolish and recycle parts from 100 year old buildings on an old college campus. Finally, Mike enters the dangerous world of a coal miner in an upstate Pennsylvania coal mine.
S2 · E14Hoof Cleaner 2006-08-15 · 60 min
Mike Rowe first joins a crew at a rock quarry in Washington and learns what it takes to make gravel from loading rocks to blowing up a side of a mountain. Next, Mike gets hip deep in mud and muck working with the hippo keepers at the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, NJ. Finally, Mike helps a crew of hooftrimmers give some cows a pedicure and later cleans a cow foot bath.
S2 · E15Alpaca Shearer 2006-08-22 · 60 min
Mike once again joins up with the guys of Taylor Shellfish Farms to help them harvest mussels. Next he goes to Hawaii to learn about harvesting taro. Finally, Mike joins a family of alpaca farmers and learns the hard way that alpacas can be pretty ill-willed animals when it comes to shearing them.
S2 · E16Monkey Caretaker 2006-08-29 · 60 min
Mike Rowe meets his match when he travels to South Africa to take care of monkeys that are being trained to go back into the wild
S2 · E17Snake Researcher 2006-11-28 · 60 min
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.
S2 · E18Penguin Keeper 2006-12-05 · 60 min
Even though Mike has worked with concrete before in Dallas, he visits concrete workers in California today to learn the art of concrete stamping. Then he goes to New Orleans to care for penguins. Finally, he gets in the mud to hunt bloodworms in Maine.
S2 · E19Bell Maker 2006-12-12 · 60 min
Mike Rowe rolls up his sleeve and gets dirty making giant bells at the McShane Bell Foundry. Mike 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 oceans floor.
S2 · E20Mosquito Control Officer 2006-12-19 · 60 min
Mike helps New Orleans residents restore, rebuild and revive their city in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
S3 · E1Bug Breeder 2007-01-09 · 60 min
First Mike helps remove trees and tree stumps in California. Mike then gets himself dirty with some fainting goats in Tennessee. Then he vists a place that breeds exotic insects in New Orleans.
S3 · E2Poo Pot Maker 2007-01-16 · 60 min
Mike first goes to northern California to count dead salmon. Mike opens up the mail bag and answers a viewer's question about the snake researcher segment. Just when Mike thought he had seen it all, he visits a cow farm in Connecticut that specializes in making gardening pots out of cow manure.
S3 · E3Mule Logger 2007-01-23 · 60 min
Mike joins forces with a master-cooper, or in laymen's terms, a barrel maker. Mike also teams up with some mule loggers.
S3 · E4Well Digger 2007-01-30 · 60 min
Mike joins the Bowie BaySox team at Prince Georges Stadium in Maryland acting as a groundskeeper. Next he fixes boat moorings with a former Navy SEAL. He then joins Watson Water company dig deep through mud, rock, gravel, sand and water as they drill for heating and water in Tennessee. Also, Mike takes a dive into the mail bag.
S3 · E5Cave Digger 2007-02-20 · 60 min
Mike helps dig tunnels that are used as underground wine caverns. Later he works behind the scenes with Southwest Airlines as a baggage handler. He also gets to work with the airport incinerator.
S3 · E6Salt Miner 2007-02-27 · 60 min
Mike goes underground in Hutchinson, Kansas to learn about mining rock salt. This episode also focuses on the behind the scenes action in filming the show.
S3 · E7Wine Maker 2007-03-06 · 60 min
Mike first heads off to Napa Valley to learn how to make wine. Mike then gets dirty at a Kansas Cattle Ranch learning about the cattle business.
S3 · E8Steam Ship Cleaner 2007-03-13 · 60 min
Mike heads off to San Diego to learn the dirty job of hydroseeding. He then reads a viewer's letter and shows us never before seen footage from a previous episode. Finally Mike gets dirty cleaning up a 100 year old steam yacht.
S3 · E9Billboard Installer 2007-06-26 · 60 min
Mike heads off to Texas to work with an outdoor advertising company.
S3 · E10Snake Wrangler 2007-07-10 · 60 min
Reptile handler
S3 · E11Leather Tanner 2007-07-17 · 60 min
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.
S3 · E12Bridge Painter 2007-08-07 · 60 min
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.
S3 · E13Vomit Island Workers 2007-08-14 · 60 min
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.
S3 · E14Alligator Egg Collector 2007-08-21 · 60 min
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.
S3 · E15Special Effects Artist 2007-10-30 · 60 min
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.
S3 · E16Reef Ball Maker 2007-11-06 · 60 min
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.