Recent ‘Dirty Jobs’ Episode Features Famous Minnesota University

Growing up, my cousins and I were obsessed with the show Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe that first aired in 2003.

Now, nearly twenty years later, host Mike Rowe is back in the trenches after an 8-year hiatus with the latest episode of the hit show featuring a stop in Minnesota.

Last year, Rowe visited the University of Minnesota to film the episode (Season 9, Episode 6) that aired last night. 

What does he do, you ask?

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Well, he "crams into a hockey arena's escalator where he scrapes and cleans a special kind of shmutz from the bottom," according to Discovery. 

According to a Discovery spokesperson, Rowe joined workers with Eagan-based Schindler Elevator as they did yearly maintenance on an escalator at the U of M. Believe it or not, but it's a rather dirty job.

Rowe told the Pioneer Press taking apart an elevator is "crazy dangerous" but "it was really fun."

The episode also showcases his travels and adventures with a zookeeper in the Arizona desert. 

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According to Bring Me The News, Rowe has done a few dirty jobs in the Land of 10,000 Lakes:

• In an episode that aired in May 2008, Rowe went to the Detroit Lakes area where he helped pull a car that had fallen through the ice out of Pickerel Lake.

• In an episode that aired in October 2008, Rowe teamed up with Bartos Wholesale Bait and Fish out of Becker County to catch leeches that'd be sold for bait.

• In an episode that aired in January 2012, Rowe went to Moorhead to work as a water softener technician.