I can’t say I remember much television being devoted to 1982 Toyota King Cab pickups, but as Mike finds out this isn’t your ordinary truck. It’s been converted to run on Bio Diesel, a fuel made from the waste oil from restaurant kitchens. Of course, in today’s fast food world there’s an abundant [...]

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Well after all of those dirty jobs it’s time for Mike Rowe to be treated to a day at the spa. Of course, first comes another job. The mud baths from this particular spa are made from volcanic ash and peat moss mixed with hot mineral water. Since the mud is used [...]

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Yes that’s Mike Rowe you see working the late night shift for QVC back in 1992. The clips are hilarious. While Mike was having a drink with a buddy a long time ago, his friend bets him $100 that he can’t get a call back from an audition. Well, low and behold [...]

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This clip shows Mike at the San Francisco Zoo helping to feed the big cats. They start off preparing a meal for a picky eating Siberian Tiger who prefers a fresh rabbit along with his horse meat. Most of the other cats just stick with the standard entree of horse sausage with a [...]

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Mike Rowe heads to Hawaii to learn first hand how much work goes into producing a single cup of organic coffee. After shoveling some of the organic fertilizer into buckets, Mike will make the trek to the coffee trees by donkey. After carefully applying the compost all around the trees they now switch [...]

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This time our fearless leader, Mike Rowe is off to an ostrich farm in California. These flightless birsd can reach almost 10 feet tall and weigh close to 500 pounds, and most importantly can kick with incredible force. One of Mike’s tasks is to help wrangle some of the birds so they can be [...]

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This episode sees Mike Rowe heading out to Pasadena California to team up with Biltwell Roofing and replace a tarred roof on a church. First step is to remove the old layers of the roof and prepare the surface for the tar. The hot tar is pumped up to the roof from a [...]

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Mike Rowe heads down to Louisiana to team up with an exterminating company named Vexcon. First off they head out to a property which used to house hundreds of chickens. Even though the chicken are gone, the left behind feed has attracted rodents and snakes. The rodents are also feeding on [...]

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