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The Worst Episodes of Dirty Jobs

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Dirty Jobs Season 1 Episode 7 - Hot Tar Roofer
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    #1 - Hot Tar Roofer

    S1:E7

    Mike first heads off to Pasadena, California and discovers the difficult step by step process in patching up a roof. Then Mike goes to New Jersey and helps move a 60 ton, 225 year old house.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Dirty Jobs Season 1 Episode 8 - Ostrich Farmer
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    #2 - Ostrich Farmer

    S1:E8

    Mike visits a coffee plantation in Hawaii and learns about the long process in how to make coffee, from picking the beans to roasting them. Mike then goes to Sausalito, CA to be a marine mammal rescuer and help rehabilitate some injured seals.Finally, Mike learns about ostrich farming, from their daily upkeep to collecting their eggs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Dirty Jobs Season 1 Episode 9 - Cheese Maker
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    #3 - Cheese Maker

    S1:E9

    Mike visits the San Francisco Zoo and learns what it's like to be a zookeeper, essentially feeding the animals and collecting their poo.Mike then goes to Vermont to a haunted cheese making factory and learns not only how to make cheese, but the art of patience.Finally, Mike learns how to be a volcano ash mud bath mixer (spa technician) in Calistoga, CA and takes a mud bath after a very dirty day. That's not all - Mike also journeys to a live volcano in Hawaii and gets up close and personal with some very hot lava.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dirty Jobs Season 1 Episode 10 - Shrimper
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    #4 - Shrimper

    S1:E10

    Mike goes to South Carolina and learns about shrimping. He also helps study the shrimp population in order to find out when it's time to open the shrimping season. Mike then goes to the swamps of Louisiana to catch some crawfish. Finally, Mike goes to Washington to clean up an illegal tire dump and recycle some tires.

    Director:Dave Barsky
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dirty Jobs Season 1 Episode 11 - Bio-Diesel Man
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    #5 - Bio-Diesel Man

    S1:E11

    Mike goes to Washington and helps build a house out of cob, which is basically a combination of sand, clay, and straw.Mike then heads to California and works alongside Dave the bee man to get rid of some bee's infesting a church.Finally, Mike goes back to Washington and helps clean out the old oil from a deep fryer at a Mexican restaurant and then recycle the oil into fuel or bio-diesel.

    Director:Dave Barsky
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dirty Jobs Season 1 Episode 12 - Micro-Algae Man
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    #6 - Micro-Algae Man

    S1:E12

    Mike begins by traveling to Palo Alto, CA to learn how to be a pet groomer, from cutting hair to giving baths. Mike then goes to Hawaii to turn happy green algae into unhappy red algae to be used as antioxidant gelcaps for human consumption. Finally, Mike goes to Missouri to learn how to be a charcoal factory worker. Mike ends the day with a barbeque and introduces us to the crew that help make the show.

    Director:Dave Barsky
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Dirty Jobs Season 1 Episode 13 - Chimney Sweeper
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    #7 - Chimney Sweeper

    S1:E13

    Mike first goes to the Chimney Safety Institute of America in Plainfield, IN and learns how to be a certified chimney sweeper. Mike then goes to Ontario, Canada to salvage underwater logs, which are then used to make furniture. Finally, Mike visits a scrap metal recycler in St. Louis, MO and learns how to separate different metals and operate some big machines.

    Director:Dave Barsky
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 22 - Egg Farm
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    #8 - Egg Farm

    S4:E22

    Mike visits a Chicken Farm to see how eggs make it to the store. There, he finds out that 1.4 million chickens equal a lot of poo, which he gets the chance to clean. Later, Mike learns how dirty dirt becomes clean dirt as he sterilizes soil in Oklahoma.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 23 - Vellum Maker
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    #9 - Vellum Maker

    S4:E23

    Mike travels to Yakama, Washington to harvest hops, the main ingredient in beer. From there Mike goes to the Hudson Valley where he turns animal hides in to paper.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 24 - Maggot Farmer
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    #10 - Maggot Farmer

    S4:E24

    Mike moves a giant cactus in Arizona and then helps raise maggots on a farm in Idaho.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 25 - Gourd Maker
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    #11 - Gourd Maker

    S4:E25

    Mike Rowe cleans out a Connecticut lake and then turns gourds into artwork in Pennsylvania.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Dirty Jobs Season 4 Episode 26 - Brown Before Green 2
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    #12 - Brown Before Green 2

    S4:E26

    Mike takes a look back at some of his former coworkers who should be role models for the green movement.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Dirty Jobs Season 5 Episode 23 - Maple Syrup Maker
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    #13 - Maple Syrup Maker

    S5:E23

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Dirty Jobs Season 8 Episode 5 - Barber's Assistant
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    #14 - Barber's Assistant

    S8:E5

    Mike works at a barber shop in Mobile, Ala., and visits California to work as a landfill operator.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Dirty Jobs Season 8 Episode 6 - Mardi Gras Bladder Banger
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    #15 - Mardi Gras Bladder Banger

    S8:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dirty Jobs Season 8 Episode 7 - Medical Waste Disposal Expert
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    #16 - Medical Waste Disposal Expert

    S8:E7

    Mike Rowe passes a surprisingly tranquil -- and highly entertaining -- day at Medical Waste Transport, Inc. in Sioux Falls, S.D.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Dirty Jobs Season 8 Episode 8 - Dirty Little Bits
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    #17 - Dirty Little Bits

    S8:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Dirty Jobs Season 8 Episode 9 - Tower Top Hand
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    #18 - Tower Top Hand

    S8:E9

    A radio-communications tower rises in North Dakota; Mike visits a Hollywood soundstage to commemorate his experiences in all 50 states.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Dirty Jobs Season 8 Episode 10 - Onion Processor
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    #19 - Onion Processor

    S8:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Dirty Jobs Season 8 Episode 11 - Dirty Conversations 2
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    #20 - Dirty Conversations 2

    S8:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Dirty Jobs Season 11 Episode 1 - Pool Fixer / Hotel Soap Recycler
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    #21 - Pool Fixer / Hotel Soap Recycler

    S11:E1

    Mike gets to clean the dirtiest pool in America as well as learning how to recycle dirty hotel soap.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Dirty Jobs Season 11 Episode 2 - Feral Cat Fixer / Reaper Keeper
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    #22 - Feral Cat Fixer / Reaper Keeper

    S11:E2

    Mike Rowe helps the cat ladies of northern Texas and learns to processes peppers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dirty Jobs Season 11 Episode 3 - Pile Jacketer / Concrete Cleaner
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    #23 - Pile Jacketer / Concrete Cleaner

    S11:E3

    Mike Rowe submerges in a murky Florida river to pour concrete jackets around crumbling bridge pilings. While in North Carolina, Mike sucks out a concrete washout pit and sprays sediment as he turns toxic sludge into potable water.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Dirty Jobs Season 11 Episode 4 - Caviar Harvester / Spice Maker
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    #24 - Caviar Harvester / Spice Maker

    S11:E4

    Mike returns to his hometown Baltimore to rectify an OLD mistake and learns the recipe for Maryland's most popular crab seasoning.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Dirty Jobs Season 11 Episode 5 - Baghouse Cleaner / Biochar Maker
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    #25 - Baghouse Cleaner / Biochar Maker

    S11:E5

    Mike Rowe attends a dusty baghouse party to clean the filtration system at a North Carolina asphalt plant; in Colorado, Mike gets his dirtiest yet, pyrolyzing waste lumber into the planet's most efficient fertilizer: biochar.

    Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Hot Tar Roofer" is the worst rated episode of "Dirty Jobs". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/27/2005. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Ostrich Farmer".