I have fallen mightily for this quirky show about jobs most of us do not do, never will do, and haven't the vaguest idea who does them or how they are done. Not all are dirty jobs, but even then, the show is mighty entertaining. One episode took the host and his crew to Australia or South Africa to swim with the great whites and test something or other by way of a repellent. The only dirty part of the job was chumming, but the whole episode was extremely educational and funny at the same time, and was the type of episode that should be shown in every school in America. DIRTY JOBS is DISCOVERY CHANNEL at its best. Even when this guy is rolling around in the worst kind of muck, we learn something. He did an episode in a salt mine that was astounding in both the drama of an incredibly hazardous and scary real-life job and the wonderful educational aspects. I assumed at first DISCOVERY CHANNEL dreamed up the show and then hired an actor. Wrong. The actor in question dreamed up the show and brought it to the channel. Perfection. A must see, along with the equally innovative and educational CASH CAB.
Review of Dirty Jobs
