Dirty Jobs

Mike visits with long-time fans to look at never-before-seen footage at a crawfish factory in Louisiana. Then, he experiences the many hands-on duties that come with being a termite researcher on Sapelo Island in Georgia.

Mike works on a fish processing boat in the Bering Sea and cleans out the fish grinder. Then he heads to the Rapid River Rustic Mill to lend a hand with debarking, peeling and processing wood for a cedar log cabin.

Mike heads to Tarpon Springs, Florida, to help collect sponges off the sea floor. Then he answers viewer mail and recounts his struggle with a metal fence post at an abandoned mine.

Mike visits the Jelly Belly Candy Company to concoct a dirty-boot flavored jelly bean based on his own filthy pair of work boots. Then he travels to Maine to harvest blueberries and joins the "Pie Ladies" in a pie bake-off.

Mike heads to Delaware to spend the day learning the process of making, wrapping and shipping scrapple. Then, he assists the best shoe doctor in town at the St. Francis Hotel.

Mike climbs high up on Jelm Mountain in Wyoming to help change out an old wooden power pole and replace it with a new metal version. Then he visits the Hair Fairies in San Francisco where he learns all about hair lice removal.

Mike heads to Newport Distillery to help the crew turn molasses into rum. Scouring copper, working with scalding liquid, hauling hoses and lugging molasses cubes are all just part of a hard day's work.

Mike travels to Nebraska to take a shot at paving roads. Then, he replies to a mailbag question about his favorite animal and recalls the time he crossed paths with a crossbreed "tiliger" in Texas.

Mike shows never-before-seen footage while answering viewer mail. Then he travels to Palm Springs, CA, where he collects pollen from male date palm pods and pollinates female trees.

Mike heads to a dump to learn a seagull removing method. Then he's off to work on a mobile meat processing truck.

Mike travels to the Kentucky Equine Research facility to assist with testing athletic horses. His duties include helping with blood testing during a fitness test and checking pH levels in fresh poo.

Mike joins Purdue University's DECOMP team to dig through pig carcasses, searching for maggots and other insects.

Mike travels to Fremont, CA, to help maintain a bowling center. Then he responds to a letter from one of his fans who wants to see more footage of cameraman Doug.

Mike spends a day working at Ohio Valley Natural Fibers where he makes yarn from fleece. Then he goes to work at a day spa in Michigan where he helps wax hair off of his good friend Barsky.

Mike travels to Lucedale, Mississippi, to try his hand at installing a lightning rod system on a home.

Mike travels to De Kalb, Mississippi, to spend a day at an old-fashioned stone-ground corn mill. Then he heads to Wills Point, Texas, to help relocate a pair of exotic Pere David's deer.

In Michigan, Mike helps the U.S. Department of Fish & Wildlife control the sea lamprey population that is jeopardizing the fishing industry of the Great Lakes. Then at Mandalay Bay Casino Mike makes "meat gel" to feed the fish in the shark reef aquarium.

Mike travels to Texas to work as a stand-in fugitive while attempting to outsmart a team of bloodhounds and evade being captured. Then he heads to the Florida Everglades to help combat non-native, invasive species in the marshlands.

Mike travels to Texas to help out at a ranch that harbors and breeds different exotic animal species including lemurs, sloths, bearcats and camels.