Dirty Jobs: Season 1
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
Chinatown Garbage Collector
Jul 26, 2005
Garbage collector/recycling separator, shark catcher/tagger, car recycling
Sewer Inspector
Aug 2, 2005
Sewer inspector, disaster cleanup crew member (basement sewer), demolition worker (office building interior)
Pig Farmer
Aug 9, 2005
Pig farmer, removing chewing gum from sidewalks (New York City), pigeon droppings removal (New York City)
Sludge Cleaner
Aug 30, 2005
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 sludg
Hot Tar Roofer
Sep 27, 2005
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
Ostrich Farmer
Oct 4, 2005
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
Cheese Maker
Oct 11, 2005
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 chees
Shrimper
Oct 18, 2005
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
Bio-Diesel Man
Oct 25, 2005
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
Micro-Algae Man
Nov 1, 2005
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
Chimney Sweeper
Nov 8, 2005
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 underwat