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{{quote|''"My name is Mike Rowe[[Beat|...]] and this is my job. I explore the country looking for people who aren't afraid to get dirty. Hard-working men and women who earn an honest living doing the kinds of jobs that make civilized life possible for the rest of us. Now get ready... to get dirty!"''|The [[Opening Narration]]}}
'''''Dirty Jobs''''' was a popular [[Discovery Channel]] show in which host Mike Rowe visits a variety of job sites that are filthy, dangerous, weird, disgusting, or all of the above. He interviews workers, learns about the job, and tries his hand at performing each task. It ran from 2005 to 2012.
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** One episode he worked on a tall ship and was set to police the captain's (binnacle) balls. After an entire scene with both Mike and the crew members joking, he narrates that after he finished polishing the balls, he went to see the caulker.
** He was positively delighted to learn that the hole on the sides of wine barrels is indeed called the [[Beavis and
** The look on his face when he finds out that sea lampreys are essentially "all gonad" once they start migrating back to spawn and die.
** Mike had a field day with date palm pollination job. Perhaps tree reproduction and a fruit called a date was just too easy, though he didn't seize on the [[A Date with Rosie Palms|palm part]].
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