Mon, Nov 2, 2009
Mike's jobs this week aren't so much dirty as painful since he hasn't recovered from last week. He aggravates his rope blisters and gets burned at a tofu factory in Hawaii. But he gets to release his aggravation deconstructing those pesky electronic devices that have invaded our lives.
Mon, Nov 9, 2009
When you research dung beetles you need loads of dung. And where there's dung you'll find Mike Rowe ready to pitch in, ice cream scoop at the ready. Then, Mike learns to make art glass, a challenging art form which requires considerable skill. In other words, it's a job Mike to perfectly unsuited to.
Mon, Nov 16, 2009
Mike and a couple co-workers cram themselves into a crawl space to perform the impossibly awkward job of replacing the seals on a turbine at a hydroelectric dam. Next Mike changes the oil on the turbine but first he has build a work platform while perched precariously on a wobbly beam. Then, after a little fish surgery, Mike does what he does best, digs through poop.
Mon, Nov 30, 2009
Shrink wrapping a boat may not sound that dirty but when Mike falls down every five minutes it's hard to stay clean. The other problem is it takes a heat gun to shrink the wrap and Mike hasn't been doing too well with fire lately. Then Mike dons a red suit and cools of in Alaska tending a herd of Reindeer.
Mon, Dec 7, 2009
Mike finds a company that is in the business of making dirty shirts; ten thousand of them each month. In the ultimate irony, they make the shirts dirty in washing machines. Next Mike returns to the glass industry to make marbles. In the process he enjoys burned shoes, gloves, hands and feet, glass in his pants but he wore a respirator to avoid breathing glass dust.
Mon, Dec 14, 2009
Mike spends a day making fireworks from scratch, including the black powder. To avoid sparks (and explosions) mixing is literally done by hand. Mike is completely coated with the explosive dust, including his eyes which burn like the dickens. Shifting gears from dirty to disgusting Mike visits a dairy and peers through the hole in the side of a cow to watch it's digestion process. He even takes a turn as cameraman but first he has to empty the cows guts to make room.
Mon, Dec 28, 2009
Mike returns to San Francisco to participate in the great American recycling effort. This time he's recycling paint which is plenty messy but colorful. Then Mike goes to sugar camp to make maple syrup. That proved more complicated than dirty for Mike until he had to clean the furnace.