Dirty jobs with Mike Rowe. Season 2
(DVD)

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Movie (Informational) - North Wing Basement
331.76 D6302
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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
7 videodiscs (18 hrs.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English

Notes

General Note
Contains 28 jobs from 12 episodes from the series.
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Originally produced for television broadcast 2006-2007.
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Special features of these DVDs: widescreen presentation ; Digitally mastered ; scene selection.
Participants/Performers
Mike Rowe, host.
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Mike Rowe introduces an elite assortment of men and women who make their living doing the most unthinkable jobs that have to be done to keep the world fed and cleaned.
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Lobstermen, seaweed harvester & snake researcher: 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.
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Concrete stamper, penguin keeper & bloodworm digger: Mike Rowe joins a rowdy construction crew in California and learns the art of concrete stamping, as well as taking care of some penguins and digging for blood worms.
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Water barrier & bell maker: Mike Rowe rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty making giant bells at the McShane Bell Foundry. He also gets down and dirty with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as they conduct yearly maintenance on a hurricane barrier that was raised from the ocean's floor.
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House gutter, rat exterminator & mosquito control officer: From gutting a mold infested house to exterminating disease ridden rats and mosquitoes, Mike has got his work cut out for him. He gets dirty helping New Orleans locals restore, rebuild, and revive their city in the aftermath of Katrina.
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Stump remover, fainting goat farmer & bug breeder: Mike gets dirty with some fainting goats, breeding exotic insects, while helping remove tree stumps. They are dirty jobs but somebody's got to do them, why not Mike?
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Salmon carcass counter, dirty jobs mailbag & poo pot maker: Just when Mike thought he had seen it all, he is hired at a cow farm that specializes in making gardening pots out of cow manure. Mike counts dead salmon carcasses and opens up the mail bag and answers a viewer's question and gets bitten by a snake.
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Wine barrel maker & mule logger: Mike joins forces with a master-cooper, or in laymen's terms, a barrel maker. Mike also teams up with some mule loggers.
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Baseball groundskeeper, boat mooring repair & well digger: Mike joins the Bowie BaySox team acting as a groundskeeper. Mike gets wet and dirty helping secure boat moorings. He then joins Watson Water Company to dig deep through mud, rock, gravel, sand and water as they drill for heating and water in Tennessee.
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Wine cave digger & airport worker: Mike helps dig tunnels that are used as underground wine caverns. Then he is off to the airport where he does the dirty jobs behind the scenes.
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Salt miner: Mike gets dirty underground packing explosives into a wall of salt and blowing it up in order to break up the salt into small blocks. Mike masters the dirty job of salt mining and gets a new respect for the people who get dirty to get us salt.
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Wine maker & cattle rancher: Mike gets dirty in Napa Valley as he takes on the dirty job of making wine. Mike then rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty at a Kansas Cattle Ranch where he gets a lesson on how dirty the cattle business can be.
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Hydro seed operator, Mike's mailbag & steam ship cleaner: Mike joins forces with two dirty guys from San Diego who have mastered the art of hydro-seeding. Then he rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty on a steam ship ferry that's over 100 years old. Mike delves into the mailbag and answers a viewer's question.
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Billboard installer: Mike Rowe teams up with an outdoor advertising company in Texas that teaches him the tricks of their very dirty trade.
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Snake wrangler: Mike Rowe travels to Texas and joins forces with a local snake farm that is dedicated to raising some of the biggest and most dangerous snakes in the world. It's a dirty job, and Mike is scared for his life as he moves giant snakes.
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Leather tanner: Mike steps back in time when he joins Richard Meyers and his sons in the ancient art of tanning leather. At their tannery in New York, Mike rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty turning stiff cowhides into soft suede soles for bowling shoes.
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Bridge painter: Mike and the Dirty Jobs crew travel to Michigan to work with the Mackinac Bridge Authority on one of the world's largest suspension bridges. Mike goes to great lengths, and heights, braving 50 mile per hour winds while helping paint the bridge.
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Vomit Island workers: Mike Rowe gets dirty as he braves the untamed world of Vomit Island, a place where few have ever been and even fewer would ever want to go. Mike's mission is to help band and count newly hatched herons on the poo covered island.
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Alligator egg collector: Mike Rowe gets dirty as he forages the swamps of Louisiana in search of alligator eggs-- 90,000 of them to be exact. It's a very Dirty Job that's helping to preserve the population of the American alligator.
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Wild goose chase: Mike Rowe goes on a wild goose chase literally! After traveling to the tundra , Mike joins forces with a team of workers that round up a flock of wild geese with airplanes.
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150th Dirty Jobs extravaganza: Mike Rowe and the Dirty Jobs crew travel to the Spring Brook Ranch in Kalispell, Montana to join forces with a yak and bison rancher who put him to work in his 150th Dirty Job. It's a celebration of dirt as Mike and the crew, go to work.
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Special effects artist & kelp harvester: Mike exposes the fascinating secrets behind the dirty world of special effects. He explores this very strange world as he is transformed into a real life zombie by special effects artist, Toby Sells. Also, Mike gets dirty harvesting kelp.
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Reef ball maker: Mike rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty in order to help create an artificial underwater reef. It's a dirty job that is helping to revitalize fish and coral populations in areas that have been devastated by pollution.
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Dump truck cleaner & exotic animal keeper: Mike gets dirty at a recycling center in San Francisco that requires its drivers to clean out the backs of their garbage-hauling dump trucks after every shift. Then Mike plays with exotic animals and cleans a cougar-sized kitty litter box.
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Spray insulation technician, runaway painter, odor eater: Mike Rowe gets dirty with a team of airport runway painters, examines dirty diapers for bad smells and then teams up with a group of spray insulation technicians that get dirty to keep our houses warm.
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Big animal vet, barbeque cleaner, oil tank removal: Mike Rowe gets dirty at a famous barbeque joint, joins forces with a big animal veterinarian and finds himself deep in New Jersey sludge.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Rowe, M. (2007). Dirty jobs with Mike Rowe . Discovery Communications.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Rowe, Mike, 1962-. 2007. Dirty Jobs With Mike Rowe. Discovery Communications.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Rowe, Mike, 1962-. Dirty Jobs With Mike Rowe Discovery Communications, 2007.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Rowe, Mike. Dirty Jobs With Mike Rowe Discovery Communications, 2007.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

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