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Season 2 – Dirty Jobs

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Mike Rowe apprentices himself to people who perform dangerous or disgusting jobs, ranging from rattlesnake catcher and zoo cleaner to road-kill collector. Mike performs difficult, strange, disgusting, or messy occupational duties alongside the job's current employees. In each episode, a worker or team of workers take on Rowe as a fully involved assistant for a typical work day, working hard to complete every task as best he can despite discomfort, hazards, or repulsive situations. Nearly every job is even more difficult than he expects.

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Gillian Flynn Entertainment Weekly 01/24/2020
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The show offers much-needed insight into jobs we too often ignore, and a wonderful lesson that nobody's life is boring. Go to Full Review Jennifer Wulff People Magazine 01/24/2020
With the perfect balance of humor and respect, [Mike Rowe] digs right in with everyone from septic tank cleaners to roughnecks to turkey farmers. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Mike Rowe

Host

Craig Piligian

Executive Producer

Edward Barbini

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jan 3, 2006 Dirtiest Tools and Machines Mike reflects on his time working with dirty tools and machines, including house moving, demolition, hot-tar roofer and many more. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 3, 2006 Super Dirty Being a chimney sweep; assisting in disaster cleanup. Host: Mike Rowe. Details Episode 3 Aired Jan 10, 2006 Avian Vomitologist In a uniquely odd tour-de-force, Mike helps out at a Colorado marble quarry, collects owl vomit...yes, owl vomit, and then checks cows to see if they're pregnant. Details Episode 4 Aired Jan 17, 2006 Turkey Farmer Mike works on a turkey farm and a potato farm; later he works at a water treatment plant where he removes sewage. Details Episode 5 Aired Jan 24, 2006 Alligator Farmer Mike visits an extremely dirty sugar mill; the Fremont Fire Dept. firefighters teach Mike how to ignite a building, extinguish it and then do some overhauling; day ends at an ominous alligator farm. Details Episode 6 Aired Mar 7, 2006 Mushroom Farmer Making mushrooms by mixing horse manure and grounded straw; rat-infested rain drains in LA; shower drains in Erie, Penn. Details Episode 7 Aired Mar 14, 2006 Plumber Mike reunites with his catfish-noodler friend for some tough plumbing; drilling mud at a synthetic mud company, and oil drilling with roughnecks. Details Episode 8 Aired Mar 21, 2006 Termite Controller Mike spreads concrete for curbside and sidewalk foundations; then reunites with Vexcon for some termite extermination and chips concrete out of the back of a truck. Details Episode 9 Aired Jun 13, 2006 Casino Food Recycler Going behind the scenes of Lance Burton's magic show; a pig farmer finds a way to recycle leftovers. Host: Mike Rowe. Details Episode 10 Aired Jun 20, 2006 Garage Pit Converting trash into electricity. Host: Mike Rowe. Details Episode 11 Aired Jun 27, 2006 Garbage Pit Technician Antique printing press; converting trash into electricity. Host: Mike Rowe. Details Episode 12 Aired Jul 9, 2006 Parade Float Dismantler Mike tries his hand at dismantling floats from the annual Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. Details Episode 13 Aired Jul 11, 2006 Skull Cleaner Keeping trains on track; making boudin sausages; cleaning animal skulls and bones for display. Host: Mike Rowe. Details Episode 14 Aired Jul 18, 2006 Geoduck Farmer Mike harvests giant clams called geoducks in Puget Sound; restores a Philadelphia church's antique pipe organ. Details Episode 15 Aired Jul 25, 2006 Fuel Tank Cleaner Mike Rowe travels to the McConnell Air Force Base near Wichita, Kan., to clean the Stratotanker fuel tanks. Details Episode 16 Aired Jul 30, 2006 Jobs That Bite Mike works alongside shark experts in South Africa, tagging great whites with satellite-tracking devices; performing a necropsy on a 9-foot bull shark. Details Episode 17 Aired Aug 8, 2006 Coal Miner Mike helps with the demolition and salvage of an abandoned dormitory at a college; Mike also tries his hand at coal mining. Details Episode 18 Aired Aug 15, 2006 Hoof Cleaner Working in a rock quarry; cleaning out the hippo tank at the Adventure Aquarium; attending to bovine foot problems. Details Episode 19 Aired Aug 22, 2006 Alpaca Shearer Mike gathers thousands of pounds of shellfish at Taylor Shellfish Farms; harvesting taro in the tropics; shearing alpaca fiber. Details Episode 20 Aired Aug 29, 2006 Monkey Caretaker Mike travels to South Africa on a mission to train monkeys and prepare them to return to life in the wild. Details Episode 21 Aired Nov 28, 2006 Snake Researcher Mike heads to Lake Erie to join a group dedicated to protecting endangered water snakes; his aquatic vocation continues on Lake Michigan where he assists in removing algae. Details Episode 22 Aired Dec 5, 2006 Penguin Keeper While they may seem cute and cuddly, penguins create a lot of very smelly waste which Mike discovers when he heads to Audubon Zoo in New Orleans to work as a keeper for the day. Details Episode 23 Aired Dec 12, 2006 Bell Maker Mike makes giant bells at the McShane Bell Foundry; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts yearly maintenance on a hurricane barrier. Details Episode 24 Aired Dec 19, 2006 Mosquito Control Officer Mike helps New Orleans residents restore, rebuild and revive their city in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Details

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Dirty Jobs — Season 2

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Season Info

Executive Producer
Craig Piligian, Edward Barbini
Network
Discovery Channel
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Reality
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jan 3, 2006