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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | unknown full episode list
Release Date:
19 July 2005 (USA) more
Tagline:
I can smell it now.
Plot:
Host Mike Rowe takes a look at different dirty jobs with a hands on approach. The show tackles everything from pigeon feces removal to household clean up after a sewer back up.
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. more
User Comments:
Love this show--but iron stomach required more (17 total)

Cast

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Mike Rowe ... Himself - Host / ... (112 episodes, 2005-2009)
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Additional Details

Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
USA:TV-14

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Mike Rowe: You know your ship has come in when you get your name on your own garbage can. And your own shovel. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-05-22)" (2008) more

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26 out of 29 people found the following comment useful.
Love this show--but iron stomach required, 7 August 2005
Author: kgrubbs from Houston, Texas

This show is more documentary than reality. Mike Rowe is half the fun as the quick witted gross-host-with-the-most. Kinda like the Mr. Wizard of sewage, but more of an engineering slant on the issue. Even though I'm married to a civil engineer who took classes in sewer design, both of us are fascinated by this show and have a new appreciation for Americas' unsung malodorous-heroes. Its not a gross out show. Really. Its kinda weird. You would think they were talking about the surface of Mars based on how little the public knows about the subjects he covers- but in reality, he's covering technology that dates back to the Roman Empire. The sewers of San Francisco have withstood fires and earthquakes, but the vermin and volume of effluence that flow through it are an unheralded architectural monument to the engineering accomplishments of the 1800's mason. Great show. Much better than the usual reality-show drivel equivalent that Mike analyzes on his missions.

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