On Tuesday, January 6 at 9PM ET/PT, the Emmy-nominated Dirty Jobs kicks off its fifth season with nine consecutive Tuesdays of all-new episodes. Beginning with a visit to a bologna factory on January 6, host and creator Mike Rowe travels the country to showcase the downright dirty jobs that most people would go out of their way to avoid. Serving as apprentice on jobs such as plugging abandoned mines, making glass and banding birds, good natured guinea pig Rowe will need to call on more than his share of patience, humor — and a strong stomach — this season. But to Mike it’s worth it; these hardworking and skilled men and women are making civilized life possible for the rest of us. Additionally, the series will hit a milestone this season, when Mike conducts his 200th dirty job, to be celebrated with a special episode on February 24.
We mentioned a while back that Discovery was launching a Meet Mike Rowe Sweepstakes, where winners could either meet Mike or receive other great prizes like autographed posters, DVDs, etc.
We have received word from Discovery that the contest is almost over. You have until tomorrow (Thursday) to enter. The winner will be announced during the episode airing January 6th, 2009.
Also, don’t forget to preorder the latest Dirty Jobs box set, Collection 4.
Dirty Jobs’ Mike Rowe
You can pre-order it and all of the previous Dirty Jobs DVDs by clicking on the flash bar below or by clicking on the photo of Mike above. You can own one of the most entertaining shows on all of television today.
Tomorrow night looks to be the season finale for Dirty Jobs with a new highlight episode entitled “Brown Before Green 2″. In this episode, Mike Rowe looks back at some of the dirty jobs he’s performed which involved recycling and any other kind work which benefited the environment. Here’s a clip of Mike cutting up a barge.
Remember, Dirty Jobs airs Tuesday nights at 9:00pm ET on Discovery Channel with “Brown Before Green 2″ airing on Tuesday, December 16th.
Thanks to Discovery, we’ve got a video preview of Mike Rowe performing one of the dirty jobs he will be tackling tomorrow night. Mike not only works with gourds, but as we see in this video clip below, Mike tries to clean up the dirty bottom of a lake with a handheld dredger.
Remember, Dirty Jobs airs Tuesday nights at 9:00pm ET on Discovery Channel with “Gourd Maker” airing on Tuesday, December 9th.
We didn’t get this one in until today, the day after the “Maggot Farmer” episode aired. Better late than never, right? Here we have Mike working on the maggot farm, collecting maggot eggs and getting rid of the flies. The episode will re-air soon if you missed it.
Remember, Dirty Jobs airs Tuesday nights at 9:00pm ET on Discovery Channel.