Dirty Jobs

Mike Rowe wrangles water snakes and steps into the shoes of bait and lobster fishermen in Maine.

Mike Rowe learns the art of concrete stamping, then takes care of some penguins in New Orleans.

Mike makes giant bells and helps the US Army conduct maintenance on a hurricane barrier.

Mike helps New Orleans locals restore, rebuild and revive the city in the aftermath of Katrina.

Mike works with fainting goats, breeds exotic insects and removes tree stumps.

Mike is hired at a cow farm that specializes in making gardening pots out of cow manure.

Mike joins forces with a master-cooper, or a barrel maker. Then he teams up with some mule loggers.

Mike acts as a baseball stadium groundskeeper, and drills for heating and water in Tennessee.

Mike helps dig underground wine caverns, then works behind the scenes at an airport.

This behind-the-scenes look at how Dirty Jobs is filmed follows Mike to a salt mine in Kansas.

Mike makes wine in Napa Valley, then finds out how dirty the cattle business is in Kansas.

Mike joins forces with guys who have mastered hydro-seeding, and works on a steam-ship ferry.

Mike Rowe learns the tricks of the trade at an outdoor advertising company in Texas.

Mike works at a snake farm raising some of the biggest and most dangerous snakes in the world.

Mike rolls up his sleeves at a tannery in New York, turning cowhides into soft suede.

Mike goes to great heights to help paint one of the world's largest suspension bridges in Michigan.

Mike helps band and count newly-hatched Herons on the untamed world of Vomit Island.

Mike forages the swamps of Louisiana in search of alligator eggs to help preserve the population.

Mike helps a team round up wild geese with airplanes, and witnesses a cutting-edge recyling program.

Mike is transformed into a zombie by a special effects artist, then he harvests kelp.

Mike gets muddy in oil drilling tanks, helps with an underwater reef and makes goat soap.

Mike works at a recycling center, plays with exotic animals and cleans a cougar-sized litter box.

Mike works with airport runway painters, examines dirty diapers for smells and sprays insulation.

Mike gets dirty at a barbecue joint, experiences llama dentistry and digs deep in New Jersey sludge.