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#1 - Goose Down Plucker
Season 5 Episode 4
Aired 1/27/2009
Mike heads to Meridian, California to find out what it takes to harvest walnuts. Then he spends some time in Tulelake where he learns how to make goose down pillows and comforters.
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#2 - High-Rise Window Washer
Season 5 Episode 12
Aired 10/13/2009
High-rise window washer, viewer mail: brine tank cleaner (Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay)
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#3 - 200 Jobs Look-Back
Season 5 Episode 8
Aired 2/24/2009
Mike takes a look back at his previous jobs, toughest co-workers, and his ongoing encounters with dirt and poo. With additional footage from "Skull Cleaner" and "Turkey Inseminator"
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#4 - Locomotive Builder
Season 5 Episode 7
Aired 2/17/2009
Mike heads to MotivePower in Boise, Idaho to build and restore locomotives for his 200th dirty job.
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#5 - Camel Rancher
Season 5 Episode 14
Aired 10/27/2009
Mike works at the country's only Dromedary camel dairy.
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#6 - Bologna Maker
Season 5 Episode 1
Aired 1/6/2009
Mike heads to Pennsylvania and tries his hand at making bologna and then goes to Alaska to repair a very special toilet.
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#7 - Sled Dog Breeder
Season 5 Episode 10
Aired 4/12/2009
Breeding and training Alaskan Huskies as sled dogs with Martin Buser; revisit of dirty jobs in Alaska: Bird ringing common terns and Canadian geese ("Abandoned Mine Plugger"), fishing and processing of fish ("Floating Fish Factory"), cleaning up diesel spill in Dutch Harbor, Alaska ("Ice Salvage Crew"), incinerating toilet cleaner ("Bologna Maker"). The mail bag portion was taped at the Soo Locks on the floor of the MacArthur Lock in front of the upstream bulkheads.
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#8 - Abandoned Mine Plugger
Season 5 Episode 2
Aired 1/13/2009
Mike travels to Ohio to check on the Common Tern population and then he finds himself in Northern California plugging an abandoned mineshaft.
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#9 - Animal Rendering
Season 5 Episode 3
Aired 1/20/2009
Mike takes a trip to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles to find out about the important work being done in Pit 91. Then Mike travels north where he learns about rendering and discovers how much of a farm animal can be recycled.
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#10 - Worm Grunter
Season 5 Episode 22
Aired 12/22/2009
Mike goes to Florida to harvest clams at the Alligator Harbor Aquatic Preserve and later attempt to worm-grunt in the Apalachicola National Forest.
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#11 - Diaper Cleaner
Season 5 Episode 5
Aired 2/3/2009
Mike journeys to Queen Creek, Arizona to press olives into oil and then heads to Sacramento, California to clean dirty diapers.
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#12 - Mattress Recycler
Season 5 Episode 11
Aired 10/6/2009
Mike finds out what happens to old mattresses after people throw them out.
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#13 - Safety Third
Season 5 Episode 18
Aired 11/24/2009
Mike reflects back on his more hazardous apprenticeships and makes a case for safety.
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#14 - Fireworks Technician
Season 5 Episode 21
Aired 12/15/2009
Mike becomes a specialty fireworks technician in Addison, Pa. and then helps examine a cow with a hole in its stomach at Arkansas State University.
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#15 - Maple Syrup Maker
Season 5 Episode 23
Aired 12/29/2009
Mike travels to San Francisco to participate in the messy process of paint bulking. Then he heads to Wagner's Sugar Camp in Pennsylvania to spend the day making delicious maple syrup the old-fashioned way.
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#16 - Spider Pharm
Season 5 Episode 6
Aired 2/10/2009
Mike ventures to Payette, Idaho to learn how to make high quality bird food. Then he heads to Yarnell, Arizona to collect spiders from the desert to milk them for their venom.
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#17 - Marble Maker
Season 5 Episode 20
Aired 12/8/2009
Mike goes to Hawaii to learn how to make dirt shirts at The Original Dirt Shirt Company. Then he heads off to Reno, Ohio to learn how to make marbles.
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#18 - Toilet Crusher
Season 5 Episode 13
Aired 10/20/2009
Toilet Crusher & alligator snapping turtle researcher
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#19 - Tofu Maker
Season 5 Episode 15
Aired 11/3/2009
Mike recycles computers before heading to Hawaii to make tofu.
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#20 - Mike's Day Off
Season 5 Episode 9
Aired 3/3/2009
Mike takes the day off to get a physical examination, leaving Executive Producers Eddie Barbini and Craig Piligian to host the show: servicing porta-potties and making custom-fabricated alloy wheels for Boyd Coddington Wheels
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#21 - Rocky Reach Dam
Season 5 Episode 17
Aired 11/17/2009
Mike journeys to Wenatchee, Washington to help maintain a hydroelectric dam. Then he explores a fish bypass system where he catches and tags fish and winds up wading through a pool of fish poop.
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#22 - Reindeer Farm
Season 5 Episode 19
Aired 12/1/2009
Mike goes to Kentucky to try his hand at shrink-wrapping a houseboat. Then he heads off to Palmer, Alaska to spend a day working at a reindeer farm.
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#23 - Glass Maker
Season 5 Episode 16
Aired 11/10/2009
Mike goes to Jonesboro, Arkansas to perform dung beetle research. Then he heads to Williamstown, West Virginia to try his hand at making glass art.
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Goose Down Plucker" is the best rated episode of "Dirty Jobs" season 5. It scored 7.9/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/27/2009. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "High-Rise Window Washer".