The BEST episodes of Dirty Jobs season 6
Every episode of Dirty Jobs season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dirty Jobs season 6!
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.
#1 - Cedar Log Peeler
Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/22/2011
Mike works on a fish processing boat in the Bering Sea and cleans out the fish grinder. Then he heads to the Rapid River Rustic Mill to lend a hand with debarking, peeling and processing wood for a cedar log cabin.
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#2 - Dirty Conversation
Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/21/2010
Mike Rowe takes a look at never-before-seen footage featuring unusual, skewed and quirky conversations Mike has had with a colorful array of characters.
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#3 - Sponge Diver
Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/15/2011
Mike heads to Tarpon Springs, Florida to help collect sponges off the sea floor. Then he answers viewer mail and recounts his struggle with a metal fence post at an abandoned mine.
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#4 - Termite Researcher
Season 6 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/1/2011
Mike visits with long-time fans Marilyn and Carolyn Maedel to look at never-before-seen footage at a crawfish factory in Louisiana. Then, he experiences the many hands-on duties that come with being a termite researcher on Sapolo Island in Georgia.
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#5 - Rum Distiller
Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/11/2011
Mike visits a distillery, where he turns molasses into rum, hauls hoses, scours copper and works with scalding liquid.
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#6 - Sea Lamprey Exterminator
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/2/2010
Mike helps the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in battling the sea lamprey population that threatens the fishing industry of the Great Lakes. Also, Mike makes meat gel to feed fish in Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino's shark reef aquarium.
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#7 - Date Palm Pollinator
Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/28/2010
Mike answers viewer mail and pollinates date palm trees in Palm Springs.
#8 - Scrapple Maker
Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/1/2011
Mike learns how to make a pig delicacy known as scrapple and later becomes a shoe doctor's assistant.
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#9 - Asphalt Paver
Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/22/2010
In Nebraska, Mike Rowe takes a shot at paving roads. Then, in reply to a mailbag question about his favorite animal, he recalls the time he crossed paths with a tiger crossbreed in Texas.
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#10 - Blueberry Connoisseur
Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/8/2011
Mike visits the Jelly Belly Candy Company to concoct a dirty boot flavored jelly bean based on his own sweaty, grimy, filthy pair of work boots. Then he travels to Maine to harvest blueberries and joins the "Pie Ladies" in a pie bakeoff.
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#11 - Custom Meat Processor
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/2010
Mike heads to a San Francisco dump to learn how hawks are employed as a seagull-removing method; then he is off to work on a mobile meat processing truck.
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#12 - Hair Fairy
Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/18/2011
Mike installs a metal power pole in Wyoming and later learns about how to remove lice from hair in San Francisco.
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#13 - Dirty Holidays
Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/2010
Mike revisits jobs he has worked that are directly related to the holiday season, bringing glad tidings of dirtiness.
#14 - Wetland Warrior
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/26/2010
Mike tries to evade and outsmart a team of bloodhounds while posing as a stand-in fugitive in Texas. Also, Mike takes on non-native, invasive species in the Florida Everglades.
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#15 - Horse Tester
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/2010
Evaluating equine nutrition at Kentucky Equine Research
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#16 - Bug Detective
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/28/2010
Mike visits a forensic entomology lab where he helps inspect pig carcasses for maggots and other insects.
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#17 - Lightning Rod Installer
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/16/2010
Mike learns how to install a lightning rod on a home in Lucedale, Miss.
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#18 - Dirty DNA
Season 6 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/8/2011
Revisit of jobs related to family with Mike visiting his parents: crab fisherman ("Vexcon"), maggot farmer ("Maggot Farmer"), leech trapping ("Leech Trapper"), candy maker ("Fuel Tank Cleaner"), coffee plantation ("Ostrich Farmer"), worm grunter ("Worm Grunter"), mealworm farm ("Cricket Farmer"), walnut harvester ("Goose Down Plucker"), bell maker ("Bell Maker"), raw meat dog food maker ("Leech Trapper"), goat milk soap maker ("Reef Ball Maker"), sponge diver ("Sponge Diver"), mobile butcher ("Custom Meat Processor")
#19 - Pinsetter Mechanic
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/23/2010
Mike visits a bowling center in Fremont, Cal. and at the request of a fan turns the spotlight on his cameraman.
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#20 - Woolen Mill Operator
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/21/2010
Mikes learns how to make yarn from fleece and waxes hair off of his friend at a day spa.
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#21 - Dirty Infrastructure
Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/25/2011
Mike takes a look at America's report card on its infrastructure and also salutes the workers who help preserve it.
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#22 - Animal Relocator
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/9/2010
Mike visits an old-fashioned corn mill in De Kalb, Miss. Also, Mike helps relocate a pair of exotic deer in Wills Point, Texas.
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#23 - Exotic Nanny
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/19/2010
Mike visits a Texas ranch that breeds exotic animals like sloths, lemurs, camels, and bearcats.
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