Dave Barsky
Director
Dirty Jobs (2005)
Season 5
Host and everyman Mike Rowe gets the grimy scoop on downright nasty occupations.
Released July 26, 2005
Episode 57 min
11+
Genres: Comedy, Reality, Reality TV
Keywords: imdb.business-and-occupation-reality-tv, imdb.working-class, imdb.labor, imdb.work, imdb.workplace, imdb.bloopers-during-credits, imdb.bleeped-dialogue + 4 more, imdb.non-fiction, awards.emmy-award-nominated, imdb.two-word-title, mdblist.has-trailer
Watch Providers: Hulu, Discovery, Discovery, Spectrum On Demand, Discovery + + 5 more, Discovery+ Amazon Channel, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Philo, YouTube TV
Production Companies: Pilgrim Studios
Network: Discovery
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S5E1 - Bologna Maker
Mike heads to Pennsylvania and tries his hand at making bologna and then goes to Alaska to repair a very special toilet.
Jan. 6, 2009, midnight
S5E2 - Abandoned Mine Plugger
Mike travels to Ohio to check on the Common Tern population and then he finds himself in Northern California plugging an abandoned mineshaft.
Jan. 13, 2009, midnight
S5E3 - Animal Rendering
Mike takes a trip to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles to find out about the important work being done in Pit 91. Then Mike travels north where he learns about rendering and discovers how much of a farm animal can be recycled.
Jan. 20, 2009, midnight
S5E4 - Goose Down Plucker
Mike heads to Meridian, California to find out what it takes to harvest walnuts. Then he spends some time in Tulelake where he learns how to make goose down pillows and comforters.
Jan. 27, 2009, midnight
S5E5 - Diaper Cleaner
Mike journeys to Queen Creek, Arizona to press olives into oil and then heads to Sacramento, California to clean dirty diapers.
Feb. 3, 2009, midnight
S5E6 - Spider Pharm
Mike ventures to Payette, Idaho to learn how to make high quality bird food. Then he heads to Yarnell, Arizona to collect spiders from the desert to milk them for their venom.
Feb. 10, 2009, midnight
S5E7 - Locomotive Builder
Mike heads to MotivePower in Boise, Idaho to build and restore locomotives for his 200th dirty job.
Feb. 17, 2009, midnight
S5E8 - 200 Jobs Look-Back
Mike takes a look back at his previous jobs, toughest co-workers, and his ongoing encounters with dirt and poo. With additional footage from "Skull Cleaner" and "Turkey Inseminator"
Feb. 24, 2009, midnight
S5E9 - Mike's Day Off
Mike takes the day off to get a physical examination, leaving Executive Producers Eddie Barbini and Craig Piligian to host the show: servicing porta-potties and making custom-fabricated alloy wheels for Boyd Coddington Wheels
March 3, 2009, midnight
S5E10 - Sled Dog Breeder
Breeding and training Alaskan Huskies as sled dogs with Martin Buser; revisit of dirty jobs in Alaska: Bird ringing common terns and Canadian geese ("Abandoned Mine Plugger"), fishing and processing of fish ("Floating Fish Factory"), cleaning up diesel spill in Dutch Harbor, Alaska ("Ice Salvage Crew"), incinerating toilet cleaner ("Bologna Maker"). The mail bag portion was taped at the Soo Locks on the floor of the MacArthur Lock in front of the upstream bulkheads.
April 12, 2009, midnight
S5E11 - Mattress Recycler
Mike finds out what happens to old mattresses after people throw them out.
Oct. 6, 2009, midnight
S5E12 - High-Rise Window Washer
High-rise window washer, viewer mail: brine tank cleaner (Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay)
Oct. 13, 2009, midnight
S5E13 - Toilet Crusher
Toilet Crusher & alligator snapping turtle researcher
Oct. 20, 2009, midnight
S5E14 - Camel Rancher
Mike works at the country's only Dromedary camel dairy.
Oct. 27, 2009, midnight
S5E15 - Tofu Maker
Mike recycles computers before heading to Hawaii to make tofu.
Nov. 3, 2009, midnight
S5E16 - Glass Maker
Mike goes to Jonesboro, Arkansas to perform dung beetle research. Then he heads to Williamstown, West Virginia to try his hand at making glass art.
Nov. 10, 2009, midnight
S5E17 - Rocky Reach Dam
Mike journeys to Wenatchee, Washington to help maintain a hydroelectric dam. Then he explores a fish bypass system where he catches and tags fish and winds up wading through a pool of fish poop.
Nov. 17, 2009, midnight
S5E18 - Safety Third
Mike reflects back on his more hazardous apprenticeships and makes a case for safety.
Nov. 24, 2009, midnight
S5E19 - Reindeer Farm
Mike goes to Kentucky to try his hand at shrink-wrapping a houseboat. Then he heads off to Palmer, Alaska to spend a day working at a reindeer farm.
Dec. 1, 2009, midnight
S5E20 - Marble Maker
Mike goes to Hawaii to learn how to make dirt shirts at The Original Dirt Shirt Company. Then he heads off to Reno, Ohio to learn how to make marbles.
Dec. 8, 2009, midnight
S5E21 - Fireworks Technician
Mike becomes a specialty fireworks technician in Addison, Pa. and then helps examine a cow with a hole in its stomach at Arkansas State University.
Dec. 15, 2009, midnight
S5E22 - Worm Grunter
Mike goes to Florida to harvest clams at the Alligator Harbor Aquatic Preserve and later attempt to worm-grunt in the Apalachicola National Forest.
Dec. 22, 2009, midnight
S5E23 - Maple Syrup Maker
Mike travels to San Francisco to participate in the messy process of paint bulking. Then he heads to Wagner's Sugar Camp in Pennsylvania to spend the day making delicious maple syrup the old-fashioned way.
Dec. 29, 2009, midnight
Network: Discovery
Episode Runtime: 57 min.
Season Runtime: 9264 min.
Released: July 26, 2005
Last Air Date: Feb. 5, 2023, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
Common sense age: 11+
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