Dirty Jobs - Collection 1
Starring: Mike RoweStudio: Discovery Channel
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Running Time: 494 minutes
DVD Release: September 4th 2007
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If you think your job is tough, try wading through sewage, concocting a new dish from restaurant food scraps or cleaning up after thousands of New York City's pigeons! These are the kinds of dirty, smelly, disgusting jobs that host Mike Rowe tackles for your entertainment and enlightenment as he bravely joins the ranks of the unsung American laborers who make their livings in the most unthinkable ways. Experience 21 of Rowe's dirtiest, funniest and most adventurous jobs in these nine complete episodes. Plus, enjoy memorable series highlights, behind-the-scenes footage and bloopers in the "100th Dirty Job Special." Sewer Inspector: Mike Rowe braves San Francisco's sewers, teeming with millions of cockroaches, giant rats and human waste. Pig Farmer: Mike steps into the shoes of an Iowa pig farmer who must feed and clean up after hundreds of dirty pigs. But that's not all - he also has to artificially inseminate one!
Ostrich Farmer: Join Mike as he rolls up his sleeves on a Hawaiian coffee bean plantation, then learns how to nurse an injured sea lion pup back to health.
Casino Food Recycler: Ever wonder who cleans up after the hundreds of birds in the world-famous Lance Burton Magic Show? Today Mike does! Fuel Tank Cleaner: Mike's up to his elbows in chocolate, cleaning out the hot, sticky, gummed-up machines that churn out such pristine rows of candy.
Coal Miner: Mike is pushed to exhaustion as he helps a group of New Jersey salvage experts tear apart a dormitory at an abandoned college. Mike is shocked at how many antique items are salvaged and sold for big bucks.
Alpaca Shearer: Next time you're eating mussels, don't think about Mike and the crew harvesting these slimy, muddy creatures. Monkey Caretaker: Mike meets his match when he travels to South Africa to train tame monkeys how to survive in the wild. Dirty Jobs That Bite: Mike gets dirty with the men and women who risk their lives working with the deadly great white shark. 100th Dirty Job Special:Mike takes a look back at the 99 previous dirty jobs he's tackled and shares never-before-seen footage and bloopers.
User Reviews
That is dirty!! - Rating: 5/5
But we love this show. Poor Mike really has a hard job! If you want to see how the real labor is done watch this show. It is fun to see how bad Mike Rowe is at his job!
Good Dirty Fun - Rating: 5/5
I've been fascinated with "Dirty Jobs" since the show came out on the Discovery Channel. Host, Mike Rowe's willingness to go spend a day doing the jobs of people we take for granted (charcoal makers, sewer inspectors, hot tar roofers and just all kinds of unheard of and thoughtless jobs that keep American's enjoying life) has absolutely both intrigued me and astonished me that there are so, so many -- well -- dirty jobs out there! Add in Mike's sense of humor, and you have a show you just have to watch.
I was and am thrilled to have this collection, and I do hope that it's just the first of many.
Thanks Mike. And, thanks to all of you who make our lives a little bit easier.
Simply Fantastic - Rating: 5/5
This is a great collection of some of the Dirty Jobs programs as viewed on Discovery Channel. Gives an insight into some of the worst jobs that some of us do for a living. Expertly hosted by Mike Rowe who is not afraid to get stuck in, and trys his hand at a wide range of dirty jobs which most of us would avoid at all costs. Mike throws in a bit of humour which makes the programs even more interesting. At times we are thankful there is not 'smell-a-vision'!.
Can't wait for collection 2 to come out on DVD.
Great Fun - Rating: 5/5
Thank goodness there are people willing to do (and even enjoy) these jobs. Our society would descend into chaos without them. The host is outstanding. Mike Rowe clearly respects these workers, but he also is great at deadpan humor. Thoroughly entertaining and informative. This collection is certainly a better value than buying individual episodse on DVD, though I wish Dirty Jobs was available on iTunes like Mythbusters. I certainly hope that these Discovery Channel collections will eventually include all episodes. It's hard to be sure because they do not follow the standard seasonal organization of most other TV DVDs.
