With Dirty Jobs off for a couple of months, Amazon is putting Dirty Jobs‘ DVDs up for a decent sale. At up to 55% off, the “Collection” DVD sets are available for a pretty good price. The first four collections are available for just $9.99 each, while the newest collection is available for $17.49.
If you don’t have any of the first four sets, you can get them in a bundle for just $33.99 which is almost $6 cheaper than if you were to buy the sets individually.
Click on the above graphic to learn more about collections 1-4, which are currently on sale, 44% off at Amazon.
With President’s Day (a.k.a. Washington’s Birthday) coming up this Monday, Discovery is celebrating it Dirty Jobs style, with an all-day marathon. Mike and the crew will be traveling the country, scraping, scooping, and hauling just about everything you can imagine in this marathon.
Discovery, where is the “Dirty Presidents” episode? This seems like an obvious episode to choose to air and I’m not sure why this was overlooked. I’m really disappointed.
Discovery’s Black Friday sale isn’t over. They have all sorts of DVDs, toys, and other apparel on sale. Seasons 1-3 are available for about $95 total, plus free shipping if you use the coupon code ‘FREESHIP’ during checkout.
Word just came in that a new collection of Dirty Jobs episodes will be made available this coming January. As you may recall, Image Entertainment has released four collections on DVD, covering dozens of episodes. Collection number five, which is available for pre-order right now, will be coming from a different distribution company due to a change with Discovery.
Click on the above graphic to learn more about collections 1-4, which are currently on sale, 44% off at Amazon.
Discovery has released new information about the next few jobs that Mike Rowe will be involved in.
12 – High-Rise Window Washer | Originally Aired on October 13, 2009
Mike travels to Hawaii and joins the crew of Worldwide Window Cleaning where he harnesses up and hops into a bosun’s chair to clean windows 40 stories above downtown Honolulu.
13 – Toilet Crusher | Originally Aired on October 20, 2009
Mike treks to a creek in Arkansas to perform tests on endangered Alligator Snapping Turtles. Then, he travels to San Francisco where he removes and recycles toilets.
Also, I’m considering live blogging Dirty Jobs. I was curious about what some of you thought of this. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the idea, I’d be posting little updates during the show. It could be a fun way to watch for those of you with computers near the television.
As any regular viewer of Dirty Jobs may have recognized, the jobs Mike takes on don’t merely leave you needing a shower, but many of these are very labor intensive jobs. Mike recently answered a viewer’s question about the kinds of injuries he has had.
As a man with a history of back problems, I feel for Mike when he is under strain, trying to lift heavy objects. Lord knows the man could use another set of hands from now and again.
As for what injuries Mike has had, they pretty much run the gambit from bee stings and back pain to infections and smashed toes. But there was one injury that actually scared Mike and just thinking about it scares me just a bit…
“…the scariest was probably the furnace incident. The heat melted my contacts to my eyes, which alarmed me considerably.” – Mike Rowe
That’s a good lesson for everyone. Stay away from furnaces, kids.
So what is Mike and the crew up to, you may ask? Check out this advertisement Discovery ran during the Labor Day Dirty Jobs marathon for an example of one of the dirty jobs Mike is in store for:
I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait for the next bunch of new episodes. They debut October 6th on Discovery.
As the show continues into season five, the Dirty Jobs folks are running low on ideas and need your help. Submit you doing your dirty job and Mike and the crew will come and meet you.
Loyal followers of this site already know that Mike Rowe and the Dirty Jobs crew will be returning to Discovery with all-new episodes in October, but now we know it’s October 6th and that Mike has quite an adventure planned for the show’s return.
Get it straight from Discovery:
The world’s most sought-after guinea pig for all things dirty, grimy and messy returns to Discovery Channel Tuesdays at 9PM ET/PT beginning October 6th, for 11 all-new episodes of the Emmy-nominated series DIRTY JOBS. In the continuation of season five, 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. From toilet crushers to maple syrup processors to camel ranchers, Mike serves as apprentice to the hard-working and skilled men and women who make civilized life possible for the rest of us each and every day.
Since the series first debuted in 2005, DIRTY JOBS has provided an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at more than 200 dirty jobs (and counting!) – in industries ranging from construction to sanitation to manufacturing. In the October 6th premiere episode, Mike will head to Miami, FL to try out marine salvaging, where he’ll work to remove submerged, abandoned boats from the water. He’ll then go to a recycling center in San Francisco to separate the metal, fabric, padding and wood parts of a mattress so each can be made into a new product.
In other premiere episodes this fall, Mike will try his hand at hydrodam mechanics, cedar log peeling, glass making, dung beetle researching and fireworks manufacturing, among various others, adding even more diversity to his extensive resume.
And in other Discovery-related news, MythBusters is returning October 7th with all-new episodes. It’ll be one heck of a week if you ask me.
As I’m sure you’re all aware, Discovery usually airs a marathon of Dirty Jobs episodes for Labor Day and this year is no different. They’re airing a marathon this weekend AND on Labor Day. They are giving us a nice variety of the many jobs Mike Rowe and company have gotten dirty doing. So without further ado, here is what we have to look forward to:
