The BEST episodes of Dirty Jobs season 3

Every episode of Dirty Jobs season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dirty Jobs season 3!

DIRTY JOBS profiles the unsung American laborers who make their living in the most unthinkable -- yet vital -- ways. Our brave host and apprentice Mike Rowe will introduce you to a hardworking group of men and women who overcome fear, danger and sometimes stench and overall ickiness to accomplish their daily tasks.

Last Updated: 11/15/2024Network: DiscoveryStatus: Continuing
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Snake Wrangler
star
8.83
63 votes

#1 - Snake Wrangler

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/10/2007

Reptile handler

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Turkey Inseminator
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8.70
84 votes

#2 - Turkey Inseminator

Season 3 - Episode 29 - Aired 5/12/2008

Making a home energy efficient by improving insulation, turkey artificial insemination, viewer mail, car crusher

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Greenland Shark Quest
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8.67
57 votes

#3 - Greenland Shark Quest

Season 3 - Episode 34 - Aired 7/29/2008

In this special episode of Dirty Jobs Mike heads to the edge of the Arctic Circle, on the northeast side of Canada's Baffin Island in search of one of the most mysterious sharks known to man: the Greenland shark.

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Exotic Animal Keeper
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8.38
76 votes

#4 - Exotic Animal Keeper

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/13/2007

Mike Rowe rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty at a recycling center in San Francisco that requires their dump truck drivers to clean out the back of their dirty trucks after each shift. It's a dirty job that even Mike has a hard time completing.

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Steel Mill Worker
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8.35
72 votes

#5 - Steel Mill Worker

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/15/2008

Mike Rowe gets dirty in St. Louis as he works with a river barge demolition team and then melts down the scrap steel into molten metal.

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Dairy Cow Midwife
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8.30
84 votes

#6 - Dairy Cow Midwife

Season 3 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/28/2008

Inside an Indiana dairy farm, Mike learns how to milk a cow and use a blow torch to clean her udders. Then, Mike gets the inside scoop on how to inseminate a cow. Finally, he gets an up-close look at fatherhood as he helps deliver baby calves.

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Big Animal Vet
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8.03
72 votes

#7 - Big Animal Vet

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/8/2008

Mike helps out at a BBQ restaurant and gets to help clean out the smoker. After that a trip to the farm to help out a big animal vet. For his last job Mike gets to help dig a tank out of the ground.

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Animal Barber
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8.00
56 votes

#8 - Animal Barber

Season 3 - Episode 32 - Aired 6/9/2008

Mike first visits Terressentials where natural organic hair care products are made out of mud. He then returns to Montana to do some more work with big animal vet Charlene Esch. Finally, Mike joins forces with the yak and bison rancher who put him to work in his 150th Dirty Job.

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Mud Mineral Excavator
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8.00
56 votes

#9 - Mud Mineral Excavator

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/12/2008

Mike Rowe gets dirty in Death Valley, CA preparing for a gem and mineral show. He then helps save injured birds from a nearby salt lake. Finally, he gets dirty working at a rice plantation in South Carolina.

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Dirty Jobs of the Big Apple
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8.00
56 votes

#10 - Dirty Jobs of the Big Apple

Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/14/2008

Mike Rowe rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty with some of the dirtiest jobs in New York City. First Mike climbs to the top of a giant building to build a water tower and then he masters the art of elevator repair.

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Brown Plate Special
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8.00
28 votes

#11 - Brown Plate Special

Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/26/2008

Mike Rowe Revisits jobs involving food: Coffee plantation ("Ostrich Farmer"); fish farmer ("Vomit Island Workers"); potato farmer ("Turkey Farmer"); oyster shucker ("Rose Parade Float Dismantler"); boudin sausage maker ("Skull Cleaner"); viewer mail asking about top 10 memorable tastes: ground crab shells ("Vexcon"), geoduck stomach ("Geoduck Farmer"), fish mash (marine mammal rescuer, "Ostrich Farmer"), termite insecticide ("Termite Controller"), tortilla chip from dirty kitchen ("Bio-Diesel Man"), mealworms ("Bat Cave Scavenger"), crawfish ("Shrimper"), cob ("Bio-Diesel Man"), mussels ("Alpaca Shearer"), animal bodily fluids ("Big Animal Vet"); candy maker ("Fuel Tank Cleaner")

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Dirtiest Machines on the Planet
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7.97
33 votes

#12 - Dirtiest Machines on the Planet

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/24/2007

Mike Rowe hosts a very special episode of Dirty Jobs as he looks back at some of the world's dirtiest machines that are making civilized life better for the rest of us.

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Alligator Egg Collector
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7.97
62 votes

#13 - Alligator Egg Collector

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/21/2007

Mike Rowe gets dirty as he forages the swamps of Louisiana in search of alligator eggs 90,000 of them to be exact. It's a very dirty job that's helping to preserve the population of the American alligator.

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Vomit Island Workers
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7.97
61 votes

#14 - Vomit Island Workers

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/14/2007

Mike Rowe gets dirty as he braves the untamed world of Vomit Island, a place where few have ever been and even fewer would ever want to go. Mike's mission is to help band and count newly hatched herons on the poo covered island.

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Cave Biologist
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7.96
70 votes

#15 - Cave Biologist

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/22/2008

Mike Rowe works with a cave biologist and then braves the high seas in search of slime eels.

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Leather Tanner
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7.95
63 votes

#16 - Leather Tanner

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/17/2007

Mike goes to Georgia to learn how to make artistic jugs. He then joins Richard Meyer and his sons in upstate New York to learn the ancient trade of tanning leather.

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Spray Insulation Technician
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7.84
80 votes

#17 - Spray Insulation Technician

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/27/2007

Mike Rowe gets dirty with a team of airport runway painters, examines dirty diapers for bad smells and then teams up with a group of spray insulation technicians that get dirty to keep our houses warm.

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150th Dirty Job Extravaganza
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7.77
52 votes

#18 - 150th Dirty Job Extravaganza

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/23/2007

2 hour special episode celebrating Mike's working 150 dirty jobs. The episode also brings back some of your favorite people from Mike's former jobs.

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Special Effects Artist
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7.54
79 votes

#19 - Special Effects Artist

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/30/2007

Mike exposes the fascinating secrets behind the dirty world of special effects. He explores this very strange world as he is transformed into a real life zombie by special effects artist, Toby Sells. Also, Mike gets dirty harvesting kelp.

Directors: David M. Barsky
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Reef Ball Maker
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7.54
80 votes

#20 - Reef Ball Maker

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/6/2007

Mike rolls up his sleeves and gets dirty in order to help create an artificial underwater reef. It's a dirty job that is helping to revitalize fish and coral populations in areas that have been devastated by pollution.

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Aerial Tram Greaser
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7.50
56 votes

#21 - Aerial Tram Greaser

Season 3 - Episode 28 - Aired 5/5/2008

Mike heads to the site of a future California neighborhood where he learns that there's more to erosion control than one might think. Then Mike gets a bird's eye view of Palm Springs as he helps maintain and repair the tram 8,500 feet above the city.

Wind Farm Technician
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7.50
56 votes

#22 - Wind Farm Technician

Season 3 - Episode 31 - Aired 6/2/2008

Mike heads to an Oklahoma wind farm and learns that going green sometimes means you've got to get brown first. Then he heads to Kentucky to clean out a sinkhole that some have unfortunately turned into a garbage dump.

Bridge Painter
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7.48
64 votes

#23 - Bridge Painter

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/7/2007

Mike Rowe and the Dirty Jobs crew travels to Michigan to work with the Mackinac Bridge Authority on one of the world's largest suspension bridges. Mike goes to great lengths, and heights, braving 50 mile per hour winds while helping paint the bridge.

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Dirty Innovators
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7.36
50 votes

#24 - Dirty Innovators

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/4/2007

Mike Rowe looks back at some of his favorite dirty jobs and salutes the men and women from around the country who have found innovative and entrepreneurial ways to get dirty

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Floating Fish Factory
star
7.30
112 votes

#25 - Floating Fish Factory

Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/21/2008

Mike travels to Alaska for an adventure aboard a fish processing ship.

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