Dirty Jobs - Season 5

Dirty Jobs - Season 5

Season 5

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DatesOct 7, 2008 - Feb 17, 2009
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Episodes

Tar Rigger
Season 5Episode 160 min

Tar Rigger

Mike hooks up with the tar rigging crew on the oldest active merchant ship in the world, the Star of India in San Diego. Then, Mike looks back at some of the dirtiest tools he's used, all which make life simpler for the rest of us. 

Oct 7, 2008
Dirty Chip Maker
Season 5Episode 260 min

Dirty Chip Maker

Mike heads to the Dirty Potato Chips factory and learns how potato chips are made and what it takes to keep the machines used to make them clean and in working order. Then it?s off to Rifle, CO where Mike attempts to clean a "monster" hidden underground.

Oct 14, 2008
Sheep Castrator
Season 5Episode 360 min

Sheep Castrator

Mike helps saw down a giant concrete wall at an auto dealership in order to make way for a new wash bay. Then he heads to a sheep farm where he tries shearing and castrating a sheep and is treated to a pate of Rocky Mountain Oysters. 

Oct 21, 2008
Leech Trapper
Season 5Episode 460 min

Leech Trapper

Mike teams up with the boys from Bartos Bait & Fish to catch leeches that will later be sold for fish bait. Then it's off to the Green Tripe factory in Hollister, CA where Mike helps make BARF (Biologically Appropriate Raw Food) for dogs.

Oct 28, 2008
Mannequin Factory
Season 5Episode 560 min

Mannequin Factory

Mike helps break down some homes at the Windsorland Mobile Home Park to make room for a new shopping center. Next, he heads to Patina-V where he learns the art involved in creating a mannequin. 

Nov 11, 2008
Egg Farm
Season 5Episode 660 min

Egg Farm

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.

Nov 18, 2008
Vellum Maker
Season 5Episode 760 min

Vellum Maker

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. 

Nov 25, 2008
Maggot Farmer
Season 5Episode 860 min

Maggot Farmer

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. 

Dec 2, 2008
Gourd Maker
Season 5Episode 960 min

Gourd Maker

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

Dec 9, 2008
Bologna Maker
Season 5Episode 1060 min

Bologna Maker

Mike heads to Pennsylvania and tries his hand at making bologna and then goes to Alaska to repair a very special toilet.

Jan 6, 2009
Abandoned Mine Plugger
Season 5Episode 1160 min

Abandoned Mine Plugger

Mike travels to Ohio to check on the Common Tern population and then he finds himself in Northern California plugging an abandoned mineshaft.

Jan 13, 2009
Animal Rendering
Season 5Episode 1260 min

Animal Rendering

Mike takes a trip to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles to find out about the important work being done in Pit 91. Then Mike travels north where he learns about rendering and discovers how much of a farm animal can be recycled.

Jan 20, 2009
Goose Down Plucker
Season 5Episode 1360 min

Goose Down Plucker

Mike Rowe works with a cave biologist and then braves the high seas in search of slime eels.

Jan 27, 2009
Diaper Cleaner
Season 5Episode 1460 min

Diaper Cleaner

Mike Rowe heads to Queen Creek in Arizona to make oil out of olives, and then cleans dirty nappies in Sacramento, California.

Feb 3, 2009
Spider Pharm
Season 5Episode 1560 min

Spider Pharm

Mike ventures to Payette, Idaho to learn how to make high quality bird food. Then he heads to Yarnell, Arizona to collect spiders from the desert to milk them for their venom.

Feb 3, 2009
Locomotive Builder
Season 5Episode 1660 min

Locomotive Builder

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

Feb 17, 2009

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