Mike Rowe

Mike Rowe Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia

  • Mike Rowe once hosted The Most on the History Channel. []
  • Mike Rowe is a baritone. []
  • Mike Rowe has starred in a number of Ford commercials. []
  • Mike has some routines that he follows while arriving at his hotel room. First he checks to see if got everything he asked for. Then he takes the tv remote and the phone and wraps them in the bed blanket. And throws them into the corner of the room. []
  • While filming Dirty Jobs Mike was gone for more than 300 days of the year. He spent these days in hotels on the road. []
  • During an episode of Dirty Jobs Mike went to New Orleans to help with the clean up of the city after hurricane Katrina. []
  • Mike inspired the article "Dirty Jobs With Mike Rowe - Is Mike Rowe at Risk for Lung Disease?" by Stacey Lloyd in a free newsletter on Lung Disease online. []
  • Mike's favorite quote from Dirty Jobs: "Be careful what you wish for." []
  • Mike also currently hosts a show called "Your new home." []
  • Mike says that the only job that he wouldn't do is directing. []
  • Mike says that the dirtiest job he's ever done is wading through the 3 feet of bat droppings to check on the bats. []
  • Mike was a Eagle scout. []
  • In the original planning of Deadliest Catch, Mike was to be the host of the show, not just the narrator, but because Dirty Jobs was becoming a full series, Mike wasn't able to host the show. []
  • Often contributes to conversations on the Discovery Channel message board for "Dirty Jobs." []
  • Mike hosted the 2006 edition of Discovery's annual Shark Week. []
  • Mike has narrated "Southern Steel." []
  • Mike has narrated "Drydock: A Cruise Ship Reborn."
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  • Mike Rowe was the narrator for "Ghost Hunters" (2004) []
  • Mike Rowe was the narrator for the Discovery Channel show "American Chopper" in 2003. []
  • Mike attended Towson State University in Maryland. []
  • Mike Rowe is 6 feet tall. []
  • In San Francisco Mike is well-known for hosting "Evening Magazine" on CBS. He held this job from 2002 to 2005. []
  • Mike Rowe also hosted On-Air TV for American Airlines. []
  • Mike has stared in a few Tylenol commercials. []
  • Mike has sold over $100 million of diamonds with QVC []
  • In the past, Mike also sang professionally with the Baltimore Opera. []
  • Mike Rowe's first appearance on the discovery channel was during "Egypt week live" where he traveled to the Valley of the Golden Mummies and explored the ancient tombs located there. []
  • Likes to run for exercise. []
  • Mike loves to write. []
  • He lives in San Francisco, California. []

Quotes

  • Mike: The myth that pigs are actually a "clean" animal is a myth. []
  • Mike: (Talking about a dream job in the future) A cool, comfortable, climate-controlled studio with hot coffee, far from sewers and toilets. []
  • Discovery Channel: What's been more surprising: the success of the show or the difficulty of producing it?
    Mike: Well, the biggest surprise was the fact that Discovery gave Dirty Jobs a chance in the first place. A show about manual labor, blood, sweat, and poo is a hard sell to a family network. []
  • Discovery Channel: Along the way, you've been kicked by horses, stung by hornets, chased by alligators, attacked by monkeys, and exposed to a dozen different toxic substances. You've gotten stitches. Your contacts have been melted to your eyes by a blast furnace. You've been bitten by snakes, ostriches, penguins, catfish and several sharks.
    Mike: You make it sound like fun. []
  • Discovery Channel: In addition to 130 Dirty Jobs, you narrate "American Chopper" and "American Hot Rod." We've sent you to Alaska twice to host and narrate "Deadliest Catch." You also spent three weeks in North Africa hosting "Egypt Week Live." Additionally, you went to South Africa to host "Shark Week," which turned out to be the highest rated "Shark Week" in network history.
    Mike: I do remember something about sharks. []
  • Discovery Channel: You've completed 100 different Dirty Jobs in just over a year. That seems like some sort of record.
    Mike: Actually, the current total is 130. By this time tomorrow, it'll be 131. []
  • Question from viewer: Have you ever had a really bad sickness from one of the dirty jobs that you've done in the past?

    Mike Rowe:No, thankfully.

    There is, however, a fairly long litany of infirmaries and minor injuries. I won't bore you with a list — it's long. Lately, though, the shooting schedule has made it impossible for me to conceal the slings and arrows of outrageous television. In the coming season, the wear and tear will be more noticeable and you may notice the fruits of my dirty labors in the very visible shape of eye infections, pronounced limps and most recently, a missing tooth.

    Do I have a great job or what?
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  • Mike Rowe: (in front of a hot furnace) I feel heat in a place where a man's not supposed to feel heat. []
  • Question from viewer:"When you were down in the sewer pits you had your mask off. Isn't it dangerous to inhale the bacteria and fumes in those sewers?"

    Mike Rowe:"I spaced. To be honest, the situation was so horrific down there, and the heat was so suffocating, the thought of putting something over my face didn't occur to me. If I had it to do over again, I'd don the mask. Actually, I wouldn't do it over again." []
  • Mike Rowe: The original thought for DJ was international. I mean, why visit a 100-year-old sewer in San Francisco when I could help clean a 900-year-old sewer in Paris? The short answer, of course, is money. But you never know — DJ International does have a nice ring to it. We'll see. For now, there's enough dirt in the good old USA to keep me filthy.
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  • Mike: It's surprising how many people come home from relatively "clean" jobs at the end of the day feeling bitter and miserable. Whereas the people I meet, by and large, seem really content with their lives, and happy with their dirty jobs. []
  • Mike: Yes, there are a few places I would not go. But mentioning them here would only result in Discovery Channel asking me to go there. They monitor my every move ...
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