Dirty Jobs: Season 2

S2·E1 Mytharc

Avian Vomitologist

Jan 10, 2006 · 60 min

Mike first travels to Colorado to help out at a marble quarry. He then goes to California to collect owl vomit which is sold to school children for research projects. Finally, Mike

S2·E2 Core

Turkey Farmer

Jan 17, 2006 · 60 min

Turkey farmer, potato farmer, waste water sewage plant

S2·E3 Core

Alligator Farmer

Jan 24, 2006 · 60 min

Sugarcane mill, firefighter (Fremont, CA), alligator farmer

S2·E4 Core

Mushroom Farmer

Mar 7, 2006 · 60 min

Mushroom farmer, storm drain cleaner, drain cover foundry

S2·E5 Core

Plumber

Mar 14, 2006 · 60 min

Plumber, drilling mud, Rough necker (oil drilling)

S2·E6 Core

Termite Controller

Mar 21, 2006 · 60 min

Concrete spreader, termite exterminator, concrete truck cleaner

S2·E7 Core

Casino Food Recycler

Jun 13, 2006 · 60 min

It's a glitzy Las Vegas premiere as Mike visits the Lance Burton Theater to clean up the pens for Lance's show doves and geese. Mike then gets really dirty by visiting a pig farmer

S2·E8 Core

Parade Float Dismantler

Jun 20, 2006 · 60 min

Mike first goes to Pennsylvania at a coal processing plant and learns how to make coke, carbonized coal used to make iron which in turn is used to make steel. Mike then goes to Was

S2·E9 Core

Garbage Pit Technician

Jun 27, 2006 · 60 min

Mike first heads off to Las Vegas to work at an old fashioned printing press making lithographs of himself for the official Dirty Jobs poster. Mike then goes to Lincoln, CA and hel

S2·E10 Core

Skull Cleaner

Jul 11, 2006 · 60 min

Mike first goes to Sacramento, CA to help repair railroad tracks. Mike then heads to Louisiana to learn how to make "boudin" (Cajun sausage). Mike then cuts and fry's pig skins to

S2·E11 Core

Geoduck Farmer

Jul 18, 2006 · 60 min

Mike first heads off to California to help tear down a dam so trout on the endangered species list can spawn. Mike then goes to Pennsylvania to restore a church's pipe organ, a pro

S2·E12 Core

Fuel Tank Cleaner

Jul 24, 2006 · 60 min

Mike heads to a good old fashioned steel town in Pennsylvania to work at a 75 year old candy store named Wertz Candies making all sorts of candy treats. Mike then goes to Californi

S2·E13 Core

Coal Miner

Aug 8, 2006 · 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 up

S2·E14 Core

Hoof Cleaner

Aug 15, 2006 · 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

S2·E15 Core

Alpaca Shearer

Aug 22, 2006 · 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 o

S2·E16 Core

Monkey Caretaker

Aug 29, 2006 · 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·E17 Core

Snake Researcher

Nov 28, 2006 · 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·E18 Core

Penguin Keeper

Dec 5, 2006 · 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 ca

S2·E19 Mytharc

Bell Maker

Dec 12, 2006 · 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 yearl

S2·E20 Mytharc

Mosquito Control Officer

Dec 19, 2006 · 60 min

Mike helps New Orleans residents restore, rebuild and revive their city in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.