Dave Barsky
Director
Dirty Jobs (2005)
Season 8
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
S8E1 - Fish Squeezer
Mike travels to New Mexico to work as a Fish Squeezer with the Department of Game and Fish. Then he heads to Virginia to practice the ancient art of pet acupuncture on a goat named Lilly.
Dec. 13, 2011, midnight
S8E2 - Fossil Hunter
Mike travels to a remote area near Moab, Utah, to take on the job of being a paleontologist.
Dec. 20, 2011, midnight
S8E3 - Doomsday Seed Banker
Mike assists the Millennium Seed Bank Project, which preserves seeds that could be replanted following a catastrophic event, at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
Dec. 27, 2011, midnight
S8E4 - Water Softener Technician
Mike becomes a water softener technician in Minnesota, and works as a coin washer at a San Francisco hotel.
Jan. 3, 2012, midnight
S8E5 - Barber's Assistant
Mike works at a barber shop in Mobile, Ala., and visits California to work as a landfill operator.
Jan. 10, 2012, midnight
S8E6 - Mardi Gras Bladder Banger
Working with the Knights of Revelry, a 137-year-old secret society, Mike Rowe assembles evil-spirit-warding cow bladders for the Knights Mardi Gras parade float.
Jan. 17, 2012, midnight
S8E7 - Medical Waste Disposal Expert
Mike Rowe passes a surprisingly tranquil -- and highly entertaining -- day at Medical Waste Transport, Inc. in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Jan. 24, 2012, midnight
S8E8 - Dirty Little Bits
Mike takes another look back at some of the unusual and quirky conversations he's had with his dirty co-workers. Using 99.9% never-before-seen footage, this special is an entertaining look at the art of communication.
Jan. 31, 2012, midnight
S8E9 - Tower Top Hand
A radio-communications tower rises in North Dakota; Mike visits a Hollywood soundstage to commemorate his experiences in all 50 states.
Feb. 7, 2012, midnight
S8E10 - Onion Processor
At Gills Onions, Mike Rowe slices, dices and tastes onions before cleaning out the juicing machine and parts of the reactor. Then, its off to the San Francisco Fire Department to help build wooden ladders.
Feb. 14, 2012, midnight
S8E11 - Dirty Conversations 2
There are no second takes on Dirty Jobs, and this special shows you just what happens when you point real cameras at real people and let them talk ... while in Mike Rowes presence.
Feb. 21, 2012, 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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