| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
| 10 |
"Hot Tar Roofer" |
September 27, 2005 |
| Hot tar roofer, house movers |
| 11 |
"Ostrich Farmer" |
October 4, 2005 |
| Coffee plantation, marine mammal rescuer, ostrich wrangler |
| 12 |
"Cheese Maker" |
October 11, 2005 |
| Zoo keeper (San Francisco Zoo), cheese maker, volcanic ash mud bath mixer |
| 13 |
"Shrimper" |
October 18, 2005 |
| Shrimper, mudbug harvester (crawfish), tire recyclers |
| 14 |
"Bio-Diesel Man" |
October 25, 2005 |
| Cob home builder, beekeeper, biodiesel man |
| 15 |
"Micro-Algae Man" |
November 1, 2005 |
| Pet groomer, micro-algae man, charcoal maker (lump charcoal factory) |
| 16 |
"Chimney Sweeper" |
November 8, 2005 |
| Chimney sweeper, underwater logger, scrap metal recycler |
| 17 |
"Dirtiest Animals" |
December 13, 2005 |
| Revisit of dirty jobs involving animals: pig farmer ("Pig Farmer"), baby chicken sexer ("Chick Sexer"), pet groomer ("Micro-Algae Man"), horse breeder ("Roadkill Cleaner"), ostrich farmer ("Ostrich Farmer") |
| 18 |
"Dirtiest Water Jobs" |
December 20, 2005 |
| Revisit of dirty jobs involving water: shark catcher/tagger ("Chinatown Garbage Collector"), golf ball diver ("Roadkill Cleaner"), oyster harvester ("Chick Sexer"), crawfish catcher ("Shrimper"), catfish noodler ("Worm Dung Farmer"), shrimper ("Shrimper") |
| 19 |
"Creepy Critters" |
December 27, 2005 |
| Revisit of dirty jobs involving insects: exterminator ("Vexcon"), crab fisherman ("Vexcon"), honey harvester ("Sludge Cleaner"), bee exterminator ("Bio-Diesel Man"), worm rancher ("Worm Dung Farmer"), bat guano collector ("Bat Cave Scavenger") |
| 20 |
"Dirtiest Tools & Machines" |
January 3, 2006 |
| Revisit of dirty jobs involving machines: house mover ("Hot Tar Roofer"), tire recycler ("Shrimper"), demolition worker ("Sewer Inspector"), scrap metal recycler ("Chimney Sweeper"), golf ball diver ("Roadkill Cleaner"), hot tar roofer ("Hot Tar Roofer") |
| 21 |
"Super Dirty" |
January 3, 2006 |
| Revisit of dirtiest jobs: disaster cleanup crew member ("Sewer Inspector"), septic tank technician ("Worm Dung Farmer"), sewer inspector ("Sewer Inspector"), sludge recycler ("Sludge Cleaner"), fish gutter ("Bat Cave Scavenger"), charcoal maker ("Micro-Algae Man") |
| 22 |
"Avian Vomitologist" |
January 10, 2006 |
| Marble miner, owl vomit collector, cattle rancher (cow breeding) |
| 23 |
"Turkey Farmer" |
January 17, 2006 |
| Turkey farmer, potato farmer, waste water sewage plant |
| 24 |
"Alligator Farmer" |
January 24, 2006 |
| Sugarcane mill, firefighter (Fremont, CA), alligator farmer |
| 25 |
"Viewer's Choice" |
January 31, 2006 |
| Answering viewer mail, outtakes, cow feed mill |
| 26 |
"Mushroom Farmer" |
March 7, 2006 |
| Mushroom farmer, storm drain cleaner, drain cover foundry |
| 27 |
"Plumber" |
March 14, 2006 |
| Plumber, drilling mud, Rough necker (oil drilling) |
| 28 |
"Termite Controller" |
March 21, 2006 |
| Concrete spreader, termite exterminator, concrete truck cleaner |
| 29 |
"Casino Food Recycler" |
June 13, 2006 |
| Lance Burton animal handler, food recycler/pig farmer |
| 30 |
"Rose Parade Float Dismantler" |
June 20, 2006 |
| Coke manufacturing, oyster shucker, Rose Parade float dismantler |
| 31 |
"Garbage Pit Technician" |
June 27, 2006 |
| Lithographer, terra cotta facade maker, converting trash into electricity |
| 32 |
"Skull Cleaner" |
July 11, 2006 |
| Keeping trains on track (gandy dancer), cracklin and boudin sausage maker, cleaning animal skulls with Skulls Unlimited for display in educational facilities around the world. |
| 33 |
"Geoduck Farmer" |
July 18, 2006 |
| Malibu Bay preservation, pipe organ specialist, geoduck farmer |
| 34 |
"Fuel Tank Cleaner" |
July 25, 2006 |
| Candy maker, truck tire retreading, KC-135R Stratotanker fuel tank cleaner (22nd Air Refueling Wing, McConnell AFB) |
| 35 |
"Jobs That Bite" |
July 30, 2006 |
| 2-hour Shark Week special: Shark cage, tiger shark necropsy, shark tagging, shark repellent researcher, shark spotter |
| 36 |
"Jobs That Bite... Harder" |
August 4, 2006 |
| Shark Week special: Fish taxidermist, shark suit tester, outtakes |
| 37 |
"Coal Miner" |
August 8, 2006 |
| Salvage technician (Upsala College), coal miner |
| 38 |
"Hoof Cleaner" |
August 15, 2006 |
| Basalt quarry, hippopotamus keeper (Adventure Aquarium), cow hoof trimmer |
| 39 |
"Alpaca Shearer" |
August 22, 2006 |
| Mussel farmer, taro farmer, alpaca shearer |
| 40 |
"Monkey Caretaker" |
August 29, 2006 |
| Vervet monkey rehabilitator (Animal Protection & Environmental Sanctuary, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) |
| 41 |
"100th Dirty Job Special" |
September 5, 2006 |
| 2-hour special: U. S. Army mechanic (Wheel Vehicle Mechanic School, Bravo Company, 187th Ordnance Battalion, Fort Jackson), pig shaver, answering viewer mail, behind the scenes, outtakes, and world premiere of "Dirty Jobs Anthem". |
| 42 |
"Snake Researcher" |
November 28, 2006 |
| Bait and lobster fisherman, Lake Erie seaweed cleanup, Lake Erie water snake researcher (Stone Laboratory) |
| 43 |
"Penguin Keeper" |
December 5, 2006 |
| Concrete stamping, penguin keeper (Aquarium of the Americas), blood worm digger |
| 44 |
"Bell Maker" |
December 12, 2006 |
| Stamford hurricane barrier zinc anode changer (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers), bell maker (McShane Bell Foundry) |
| 45 |
"Mosquito Control Officer" |
December 19, 2006 |
| New Orleans post-Katrina jobs: house demolition/gutting, rodent control, mosquito control and poison testing |
| 46 |
"Bug Breeder" |
January 9, 2007 |
| Tree trimmer and stump grinder, fainting goat farmer, exotic insect breeder (Audubon Insectarium) |
| 47 |
"Poo Pot Maker" |
January 16, 2007 |
| Surveying salmon spawning grounds (Feather River, California Department of Water Resources), viewer mail concerning income of the Lake Erie water snake researcher ("Snake Researcher"), manufacturing CowPots (a type of flower pot made from cow manure) |
| 48 |
"Mule Logger" |
January 23, 2007 |
| Wine barrel maker, logging with mules |
| 49 |
"Well Digger" |
January 30, 2007 |
| Bowie Baysox groundskeeper, placing boat moorings (Lake Winnipesaukee), geothermal well driller |
| 50 |
"Cave Digger" |
February 20, 2007 |
| Wine cave digger, baggage handler (Southwest Airlines, Kansas City International Airport), incinerator for trash from international flights (Kansas City International Airport) |
| 51 |
"Salt Miner" |
February 27, 2007 |
| Behind the scenes, salt miner (Hutchinson, KS) |
| 52 |
"Wine Maker" |
March 6, 2007 |
| Wine maker, cattle feed farmer (Partridge, Kansas) |
| 53 |
"Steam Ship Cleaner" |
March 13, 2007 |
| Hydroseeding, viewer mail on additional footage of a Malaysian walking leaf (Phyllium giganteum) from the Audubon Insectarium, cleaning the inside of the boilers of the steam yacht Medea. |
| 54 |
"Really Dirty Animals" |
March 20, 2007 |
| Revisit of dirty jobs involving animals: alpaca shearer, fainting goat farmer, vervet monkey rehabilitator, cattle rancher (cow breeding), penguin keeper, ostrich farmer, food recycler/pig farmer, logging with mules |
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
| 55 |
"Billboard Installer" |
June 26, 2007 |
| Billboard installer |
| 56 |
"Snake Wrangler" |
July 10, 2007 |
| Reptile handler (New Braunfels, TX) |
| 57 |
"Leather Tanner" |
July 17, 2007 |
| Clay jug potter specializing in faces on the jug, tannery |
| 58 |
"Dirtiest Machines on the Planet" |
July 24, 2007 |
| Revisit of jobs involving dirty machines: oil derrick ("Plumber"), coal mine mucker ("Coal Miner"), recycling center trommel ("Chinatown Garbage Collector"), sewage treatment plant lift pump ("Turkey Farmer"), wine cave roadheader ("Cave Digger"). Top 10 dirtiest rides: scrap metal recycler scissor tractor ("Chimney Sweeper"), Bowie Baysox tractor/lawnmower ("Well Digger"), turkey composter front loader ("Turkey Farmer"), roadkill pickup truck ("Roadkill Cleaner"), owl vomit collector bicycle ("Avian Vomitologist"), junkyard jalopy ("Chinatown Garbage Collector"), garbage truck ("Chinatown Garbage Collector"), Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck ("100th Dirty Job Special"), poo pulling tractor ("Poo Pot Maker"), pig farm slop truck ("Pig Farmer") |
| 59 |
"Bridge Painter" |
August 7, 2007 |
| Mackinac Bridge maintenance worker, NASA Crawler-transporter lubricator |
| 60 |
"Vomit Island Workers" |
August 14, 2007 |
| Fish farming hybrid striped bass, tilapia, and carp; bird conservation ("Vomit Island," Ohio) |
| 61 |
"Alligator Egg Collector" |
August 21, 2007 |
| Return visit to alligator farm from "Alligator Farmer" episode: egg collecting, West Nile virus testing, and release of alligators. While filming the release of the alligators, the air boat carrying the film crew flips. |
| 62 |
"Wild Goose Chase" |
August 28, 2007 |
| Mackinac Island horse manure and garbage removal/composting, H5N1 avian influenza testing and goose tagging (Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge) |
| 63 |
"Crew's Cruise" |
September 18, 2007 |
| The Dirty Jobs crew take a Royal Caribbean cruise and reflect on their dirtiest episodes while being pampered aboard the ship. |
| 64 |
"150th Dirty Job Extravaganza" |
October 23, 2007 |
| Yak and bison rancher, bloopers, celebration of 150 dirty jobs milestone at the San Francisco recycling center with top 10 viewer's choice dirty jobs: monkey caretaker ("Monkey Caretaker"), mudbug harvester ("Shrimper"), cattle rancher ("Avian Vomitologist"), Lake Erie water snake researcher ("Snake Researcher"), exterminator ("Vexcon" and "Termite Controller"), child of pig farmer ("Casino Food Recycler"), shrimper ("Shrimper"), charcoal maker ("Micro-Algae Man"), shark suit maker ("Jobs That Bite... Harder"), and cow hoof trimmer ("Hoof Cleaner") with appearances by airport incinerator operator ("Cave Digger"), reptile handlers ("Snake Wrangler"), candymakers ("Fuel Tank Cleaner"), and wine cave digger ("Cave Digger"). |
| 65 |
"Special Effects Artist" |
October 30, 2007 |
| Giant kelp harvesting for abalone farming, Mike gets sick (not job-related), special effects make-up artist |
| 66 |
"Reef Ball Maker" |
November 6, 2007 |
| Artificial reef maker, goat milk soap maker, frac tank refurbisher |
| 67 |
"Exotic Animal Keeper" |
November 13, 2007 |
| Working at "transfer station" at San Francisco dump, exotic species (gray wolf, cougar, pot-bellied pig, deer, bearcat, turkey, Royal Tibetan yak, camel, cow, goat) sanctuary |
| 68 |
"Creepy, Slimy and Just Plain Weird" |
November 20, 2007 |
| Revisit of dirty jobs involving animals hosted from East Bay Vivarium: alligator farmer ("Alligator Farmer"), blood worm digger ("Penguin Keeper"), exotic insect breeder ("Bug Breeder"), skull cleaner ("Skull Cleaner"), Lake Erie water snake researcher ("Snake Researcher"), and geoduck farmer ("Geoduck Farmer") |
| 69 |
"Spray Insulation Technician" |
November 27, 2007 |
| Cleaning airport runway paint striper (Kansas City International Airport), collecting diapers for odor analysis, spray installation of cellulose insulation |
| 70 |
"Dirty Innovators" |
December 4, 2007 |
| Revisit of dirty innovators and entrepreneurs: CowPots maker ("Poo Pot Maker"), cow hoof trimmer ("Hoof Cleaner"), owl vomit collector ("Avian Vomitologist"), food recycler/pig farmer ("Casino Food Recyler"), lobster fisherman ("Snake Researcher"), shark suit tester ("Jobs That Bite... Harder") |
| 71 |
"Big Animal Vet" |
January 8, 2008 |
| Cleaning barbecue smoker, large animal veterinarian, removing underground fuel oil storage tank |
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
| 72 |
"Steel Mill Worker" |
January 15, 2008 |
| Recycling Mississippi River barge, steel mill worker |
| 73 |
"Cave Biologist" |
January 22, 2008 |
| Cave biologist (Hidden River Cave, Kentucky), hagfish fisherman |
| 74 |
"Buoy Cleaner" |
January 29, 2008 |
| Cedar shake and shingle maker, buoy tender (USCGC Aspen) |
| 75 |
"Cranberry Farmer" |
February 5, 2008 |
| Handmade brick maker; cranberry harvesting; cranberry jam, jelly, and syrup maker. |
| 76 |
"Mud Mineral Excavator" |
February 12, 2008 |
| Mining and bird rehabilitation at Searles Lake, rice milling |
| 77 |
"Tight Spaces" |
February 19, 2008 |
| Revisit of jobs involving tight spaces: stripping and painting inside of Mackinac Bridge tower ("Bridge Painter"), replacing pipe underneath house ("Plumber"), KC-135R Stratotanker fuel tank cleaner and boom operator ("Fuel Tank Cleaner"), Stamford hurricane barrier zinc anode changer ("Bell Maker"), storm drain cleaner ("Mushroom Farmer"), cleaning the inside of the boilers of the steam yacht Medea ("Steam Ship Cleaner") |
| 78 |
"Brown Plate Special" |
February 26, 2008 |
| Revisit of jobs involving food: Coffee plantation ("Ostrich Farmer"); fish farmer ("Vomit Island Workers"); potato farmer ("Turkey Farmer"); oyster shucker ("Rose Parade Float Dismantler"); boudin sausage maker ("Skull Cleaner"); viewer mail asking about top 10 memorable tastes: ground crab shells ("Vexcon"), geoduck stomach ("Geoduck Farmer"), fish mash (marine mammal rescuer, "Ostrich Farmer"), termite insecticide ("Termite Controller"), tortilla chip from dirty kitchen ("Bio-Diesel Man"), mealworms ("Bat Cave Scavenger"), crawfish ("Shrimper"), cob ("Bio-Diesel Man"), mussels ("Alpaca Shearer"), animal bodily fluids ("Big Animal Vet"); candy maker ("Fuel Tank Cleaner") |
| 79 |
"Dirty Jobs of the Big Apple" |
April 14, 2008 |
| Dirty jobs in New York City: Building and installing rooftop water tower, cleaning elevator shaft in brownstone |
| 80 |
"Floating Fish Factory" |
April 21, 2008 |
| Fishing and processing of fish aboard the F/V Legacy, a trawl fishing vessel and at-sea fishprocessor in Alaska's Bering Sea; viewer mail |
| 81 |
"Dairy Cow Midwife" |
April 28, 2008 |
| Working on a dairy farm: milking, artificial insemination, cow midwife |
| 82 |
"Aerial Tram Greaser" |
May 5, 2008 |
| Erosion control technician, aerial tram maintenance (Palm Springs Aerial Tramway) |
| 83 |
"Turkey Inseminator" |
May 12, 2008 |
| Making a home energy efficient by improving insulation, turkey artificial insemination, viewer mail, car crusher |
| 84 |
"Ice Salvage Crew" |
May 19, 2008 |
| Cleaning up diesel spill in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, salvaging truck from bottom of lake |
| 85 |
"Wind Farm Technician" |
June 2, 2008 |
| Wind turbine generator technician, garbage removal from sinkhole, printing press operator |
| 86 |
"Animal Barber" |
June 9, 2008 |
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| 87 |
"Brown Before Green" |
June 16, 2008 |
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