Dirty Jobs

In a look back at his most challenging and hazardous jobs, Mike makes a practical case for safety.

Mike takes a look back at his previous jobs, toughest co-workers and his ongoing encounters with dirt and poo. He also entertains with a look at some of the more memorable and unexpected moments in Dirty Jobs history.

Mike gets filthy working at a bone black plant, then discusses his dirtiest jobs with twin sisters.

Mike makes decorative concrete countertops and a fire pit, then recounts his scariest job.

Mike heads to Sault Saint Marie, Michigan, to work with the Soo Locks maintenance crew.

Mike spends the day chasing feral chickens and chicks to get them off the streets of Miami.

Mike spends a day working on a cricket farm to help breed, capture and package the critters.

Mike works to remove stinky skunks and other wildlife around homes in Southern California.

Mike harvests clams in Florida, then takes on worm grunting in the Apalachicola National Forest.

Mike participates in paint bulking, then learns how to make maple syrup the old-fashioned way.

Mike helps make specialty fireworks, then checks out a cow with a hole in its stomach.

Mike learns how to make dirt shirts in Hawaii, then heads off to Reno, Ohio, to make marbles.

Mike tries his hand at shrink-wrapping a houseboat, then spends a day working at a reindeer farm.

Mike helps maintain a hydroelectric dam in Washington, then wades through a pool of fish poop.

Mike goes to Arkansas to perform dung beetle research, then tries making glass art in West Virginia.

Mike spends a day at an electronic waste recycling facility, then learns how to make tofu.

Mike heads to a unique dairy farm where he learns how to milk, care for and breed dromedary camels.

Mike performs tests on endangered alligator snapping turtles, then removes and recycles toilets.

Mike hops into a bosun's chair to clean windows 40-stories above downtown Honolulu.

Mike recovers and crushes abandoned boats, then picks up and recycles used mattresses.

Mike discovers what it takes to breed and train sled dogs in Big Lake, Alaska.

Mike heads to MotivePower in Boise, Idaho, to build and restore locomotives for his 200th dirty job.

Mike learns how to make high-quality bird food, then collects spiders to milk them for their venom.

Mike presses olives into oil in Arizona, then heads to California to clean dirty diapers.