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Dirty Jobs

Season 1 2005

  • 2005-07-27T00:00:00Z on Discovery
  • 1h
  • 13h (13 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Reality, Comedy
Host and everyman Mike Rowe gets the grimy scoop on downright nasty occupations.

13 episodes

Series Premiere

2005-07-27T00:00:00Z

1x01 Chinatown Garbage Collector

Series Premiere

1x01 Chinatown Garbage Collector

  • 2005-07-27T00:00:00Z1h

Garbage collector/recycling separator, shark catcher/tagger, car recycling

2005-08-03T00:00:00Z

1x02 Sewer Inspector

1x02 Sewer Inspector

  • 2005-08-03T00:00:00Z1h

Sewer inspector, disaster cleanup crew member (basement sewer), demolition worker (office building interior)

2005-08-10T00:00:00Z

1x03 Pig Farmer

1x03 Pig Farmer

  • 2005-08-10T00:00:00Z1h

Pig farmer, removing chewing gum from sidewalks (New York City), pigeon droppings removal (New York City)

2005-08-17T00:00:00Z

1x04 Chick Sexer

1x04 Chick Sexer

  • 2005-08-17T00:00:00Z1h

Baby chicken sexer, beer brewer, oyster harvester

2005-08-24T00:00:00Z

1x05 Vexcon

1x05 Vexcon

  • 2005-08-24T00:00:00Z1h

Exterminator, crab fisherman, blacksmith/farrier

2005-08-31T00:00:00Z

1x06 Sludge Cleaner

1x06 Sludge Cleaner

  • 2005-08-31T00:00:00Z1h

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.

2005-09-28T00:00:00Z

1x07 Hot Tar Roofer

1x07 Hot Tar Roofer

  • 2005-09-28T00:00:00Z1h

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.

2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

1x08 Ostrich Farmer

1x08 Ostrich Farmer

  • 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z1h

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.

2005-10-12T00:00:00Z

1x09 Cheese Maker

1x09 Cheese Maker

  • 2005-10-12T00:00:00Z1h

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.

2005-10-19T00:00:00Z

1x10 Shrimper

1x10 Shrimper

  • 2005-10-19T00:00:00Z1h

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.

2005-10-26T00:00:00Z

1x11 Bio-Diesel Man

1x11 Bio-Diesel Man

  • 2005-10-26T00:00:00Z1h

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.

2005-11-02T01:00:00Z

1x12 Micro-Algae Man

1x12 Micro-Algae Man

  • 2005-11-02T01:00:00Z1h

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.

Season Finale

2005-11-09T01:00:00Z

1x13 Chimney Sweeper

Season Finale

1x13 Chimney Sweeper

  • 2005-11-09T01:00:00Z1h

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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