Dirty Jobs Collection 1

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. Featured episodes: 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.

Actor: Mike Rowe