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.
#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
#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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#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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#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.
#9 - 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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#10 - 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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#11 - 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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#12 - 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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#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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#16 - 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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#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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#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.
#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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#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.
#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.
#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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#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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#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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