Mike Rowe gets Dirty

Dirty Jobs, the name needs no explanation. Mike Rowe is the host of The Discovery Channel’s hit show Dirty Jobs. He goes all over the country and shows the dirty jobs people do, mostly jobs that no one else wants. While the job is new and different every day would you really want to clean incinerators or be splashed with pig slop?

The one episode that sticks out in my mind is when he went on a wild goose chase, literally. He had to run through swamps in Alaska and corral geese into a fenced area. Right off the plane he got his entire boot stuck in the mud. They proceeded to determine the gender of the geese. He had to “anally probe” them to determine their gender. He can’t be getting paid enough to do that, even for a day!

The funniest episode I have seen so far, which really isn't that dirty, is when Mike tries to clean a giant bell. He climbs up to the very top of the tower where the bell is located and the first thing he does is smack his head on the inside. He is temporarily deaf. Then he is trying to figure out how exactly the bell works and…. ring number 2. He is just finishing something with the pins inside the bell when he hears ringing in the distance. Now if that isn’t a sign I don’t know what is. Not ten seconds later the bell he is still in, starts to ring (number three). “Oh ya, its 6 o’clock,” says the repair man. While Mike is crouched, holding his ears, and fearing for his life the repair man tells him its going to be louder in a few seconds. Does Mike get out? Ya right.

Then Mike, who is still in the bell, is wondering why the bell rang FOURTEEN times when its only 6 o’clock (ring number four).There is a reasonable explanation though; it’s the Call of the Angeles so essentially it’s a prayer, however; this is one prayer Mike probably won’t be saying again.

Mike hasn’t always been the “dirty” daredevil you know see. He was actually a sales person on QVC. It is probably a good thing he has put his comedy to use doing disgusting jobs rather than selling useless trinkets because he has gained quite the audience, and reputation.