Talk:Dirty Jobs

Please avoid turning this article into a promotional piece for the show. Unsigned comment by Paul Klenk 04:53, August 24, 2005

Promotional?

Dirty Jobs is a program on Discovery channel not a job ad!

Original was copyvio

The original version of this article [1] was a copyvio of the Discovery Channel's promotional material - see [2] for example. And everyone, please sign your comments with four tildes ~~~~ ! FreplySpang (talk) 18:52, August 26, 2005 (UTC)

What sort of jobs

I think the whole point of having this show is to excite and exploit interest in disgusting and/or taboo things. That's why I placed this phrase in the intro:it is a cool show. i think he should work on cow farms.

disgusting or taboo things like road kill and animal excrement.

It's like Jackass and the stupid stunt / reality shows. Uncle Ed 15:40, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

I diasgree. It is nothing like Jackass, where they do stupid stunt and nasty things (especially Steve O) like sucking a worm up his nose or squeezing fish eggs and sperm into his mouth. What Mike does is real jobs performed every day by real people.PrometheusX303 13:14, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I support your thinking about the jobs, and do not believe the last round of edits improved the article -- they only changed it. paul klenk 07:14, 30 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Changing is either imroving or making it worse than what it was(after you edit it), I made a good change...

Imdaking 03:24:28, 2005-08-31 (UTC)

What was good about it? Paul Klenk 05:37, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I always felt the idea was to let people in on the jobs real people have to do, so they can understand it better.. I dunno, it always felt really positive to me.. Like if you feel underappreciated, you can watch the show and realize some people have it just as bad/work just as hard.. or even submit your job to the show.. well.. yeah. that.

I think the show's purpose is to educate people about what otherwise insane jobs go into making life normal for everyone else. Mike doesn't get on camera and go "Hey, watch me eat this feces!". It's more like, "So you actually want me to clean out all the feces in here?" Mustang6172 03:14, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Remotely clean-ish jobs

I added some jobs, and will add more that Mike Rowe has done. 65.96.98.74 06:20, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

how about an episode guide? Dwp49423 23:07, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Censoring

I found it odd that they had no problem with showing Mike washing a horse's labia and putting his arm into it's vagina and anus, but when he worked at a pet grooming place, they censored the genitalia. PrometheusX303 13:14, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Could be paranoia fallout from Janet Jackson's Wardrobe Malfunction a few Super Bowls ago even though my understanding is the FCC has no control over cable content. Dwp49423 23:05, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I a recent episode Hoof Trimmer the kid working with Mike Rowe said crap but when Mike said it they bleeped him. Lobot72 00:44, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Anthem

Mike sang this on the geoduck farmer episode. I'm not sure if it can be properly placed in the article, though.

Now everyone who's got a job has got his dues to pay,
working for that paycheck and just getting through the day,
but if you're bored or otherwise inclined to be a slob,
grab your boots, and lose that suit and get a dirty job.

Dirty jobs are everywhere, just take a look around.
They're down the street, they're up the stairs,
they're even underground.

You don't need borrow, beg and you don't need to rob,
All you've got to do is get yourself a dirty job.
All you've got to do is get yourself a dirty job.
One more...
All you've got to do is get your.. self... a... dir... ty... job!

PrometheusX303 20:39, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wasn't that at the end of the Viewer's Choice episode after the oyster harvesting? As for inserting it into the article, I suppose you could add it to a trivia section, but I seem to recall that it was an unofficial anthem so might not be noteworthy enough for inclusion. Maybe if they played it more frequently in the future. -- Gogo Dodo 21:28, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the bad formating...

He sang it at the end of the pipe organ specialist segment. I don't think I've seen the viewer's choice episode, so it might be there too. I found the anthem here. It's the only hit I got for it. PrometheusX303 00:54, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I remember the pipe organ episode, but don't remember the singing. Hmpf. Since it's been show a couple of times, maybe it should be inserted into a trivia section: "Mike Rowe wrote an unofficial theme song whose words are..." -- Gogo Dodo 19:57, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure he wrote it, but he did sing it. I'll add it. PrometheusX303 20:05, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I do remember Mike singing with a bunch of guys after the oyster harvesting segment, but I don't think that version was ever replayed. I don't remember if the lyrics of that version is the same as the one he sang more recently ("pipe organ", "100th special"). The oyster version might not even be "canon" anyway since it was impromptu and all the guys in the scene were drunk... Wl219 04:30, 7 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]