# great idea for "Dirty Jobs" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 1, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-for-dirty-jobs/523290 "2010-01-01T15:02:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-for-dirty-jobs/523290/1 "2010-01-01T15:02:47Z")
After the uproar of the Xmas day bomber, whole body scanners are being pushed in many airports. That gave me an absolutely hilarious idea. The Discovery channel’s “Dirty Jobs” show is always asking for ideas. This one would be great! Should I propose that Mike Rowe try out as the scanner guy at an airport? Talk about a dirty job! Not sure the TSA would go for it-but it would be great PR. So, what does the Doper universe think of my idea? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-for-dirty-jobs/523290/2 "2010-01-01T16:35:56Z")
I think it’s great and you should propose it - but between security concerns with the TSA and standards for the show (there are certain things they won’t do or show) it might not happen. But it certainly can’t hurt to suggest it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-for-dirty-jobs/523290/3 "2010-01-01T23:26:30Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-for-dirty-jobs/523290/4 "2010-01-02T22:29:49Z")
reasonable choice. thanks ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-for-dirty-jobs/523290/5 "2010-01-03T01:08:09Z")
I think Mike Rowe needs to go do another mosquito related “job” so we can see [The Green-Haired Mosquito Girl](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=524327) again. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-for-dirty-jobs/523290/6 "2010-01-03T07:27:46Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > I think it’s great and you should propose it - but between security concerns with the TSA and standards for the show (there are certain things they won’t do or show) it might not happen. But it certainly can’t hurt to suggest it. Dude - on a show that aired tonight, they were sucking out and biting sheep testicles in the process of castrating them. What exactly **won’t** they do or show? I think it is entirely more likely that TSA won’t allow Mike in for security reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-for-dirty-jobs/523290/7 "2010-01-03T07:30:27Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > I think Mike Rowe needs to go do another mosquito related “job” so we can see [The Green-Haired Mosquito Girl](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=524327) again. Or get down and dirty with the girls in a revisit to the Le Brea Tar Pits. Mike even scored a sponge bath out of that one. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-for-dirty-jobs/523290/8 "2010-01-03T15:16:51Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Dude - on a show that aired tonight, they were sucking out and biting sheep testicles in the process of castrating them. What exactly **won’t** they do or show? If you go to the Dirty Jobs website they actually mention some of that. It’s been awhile, so I can’t recall exactly what the rules were, but they do have some. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-for-dirty-jobs/523290/9 "2010-01-03T18:08:57Z")
I think seeing Mike working as a scanner guy at the airport would be unpleasant, not to mention not ‘dirty’ enough. I’d be holding my breath waiting for some stressed-out passengers going off on him. (He has worked as a baggage handler putting stuff into the holds of planes.) ---
**Author:** ![tattman40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@tattman40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tattman40)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-for-dirty-jobs/523290/10 "2010-01-03T18:11:32Z")
How about cleaning up porn store booths? Doesnt get any dirtier than that. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-for-dirty-jobs/523290/11 "2010-01-04T14:49:53Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Dude - on a show that aired tonight, they were sucking out and biting sheep testicles in the process of castrating them. What exactly **won’t** they do or show? > > I think it is entirely more likely that TSA won’t allow Mike in for security reasons. Apparently he had to lobby with Discovery Channel for a long time to get permission to film & air that particular job. Same with the cow rendering episode - and both had warnings/disclaimers before & during the segment. He’s been slowly pushing the boundaries into “where food comes from”, at least as regards mammalian food. Don’t know if we’ll ever see a slaughterhouse episode though. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-for-dirty-jobs/523290/12 "2010-01-04T20:45:03Z")
> [@tattman40](#): > > How about cleaning up porn store booths? Doesnt get any dirtier than that. You, sir or madam, have a sick mind. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-for-dirty-jobs/523290/13 "2010-01-04T22:50:47Z")
> [@Cyberhwk](#): > > Or get down and dirty with the girls in a revisit to the Le Brea Tar Pits. Mike even scored a sponge bath out of that one. [Indeedy](http://www.flickr.com/photos/excavatrix/3216062959/). I think that was actually the first full episode I’ve actually watched, this past week. ---
**Author:** ![2ply](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/b2d939/32.png) [@2ply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ply)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-for-dirty-jobs/523290/14 "2010-01-05T03:41:10Z")
According to Penn Jillette, the TSA][doesn’t allow filming of airport security stuff](http://www.canmag.com/nw/6302-jillette-bullshit-season-5). [QUOTE=Penn Jillette] A topic with tons of Bullshit potential would be airport security, but there’s just no way to film that for television. “It turns out, to shoot anything on airport security, you are violating federal law. You’re not allowed to shoot anything there. Because we’re doing a show that’s on TV, visuals are very important. I’ve written about airport security, but to do a TV show about it, you can’t get a crew in there without it being a federal offense which is not something we’d consider. And also TSA people will not under any circumstances talk to you positively or negatively, so it’s really impossible to get a bad guy which we kind of need for the drama of Bullshit for that to happen. So I don’t think we’ll be doing airport security although I will tell you, it has been on the list every single year we’ve done Bullshit. We look down at it and say, ‘How can we really make this into a television show as opposed to an idea?’ It always seems to fall apart but if someone on our crew can find a way to give us some visuals that are actually interesting and new to go with that, I’d love to do it.” [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-for-dirty-jobs/523290/15 "2010-01-05T03:51:08Z")
They are welcome to come by and help me out in the middle of the winter pulling iron caked pipes out of wells. Everything getting wet and freezing including myself. Fun times. ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-for-dirty-jobs/523290/16 "2010-01-05T03:55:37Z")
> [@2ply](#): > > According to Penn Jillette, the TSA][doesn’t allow filming of airport security stuff](http://www.canmag.com/nw/6302-jillette-bullshit-season-5). I think I remember that some movie wants some wide shots of an airport-and had to build their own. No airport was allowed to be in the film. They didn’t want a closeup of a hallway-they wanted the whole concourse. As I remember it, they found a large commercial building with creative angles and some set design, made it look enough like an airport terminal to work. So I suspect my idea is pretty much out. ☹ Besides, someone came up with the even dirtier job of searching inmates when they check in to a prison. I think I would take the porn booth. Less chance of getting hit… ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-for-dirty-jobs/523290/17 "2010-01-05T05:55:18Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > They are welcome to come by and help me out in the middle of the winter pulling iron caked pipes out of wells. Everything getting wet and freezing including myself. Fun times. [Submit it](http://community.discovery.com/eve/ubb.x/a/frm/f/8251971108)! ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-for-dirty-jobs/523290/18 "2010-01-05T06:00:40Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > They are welcome to come by and help me out in the middle of the winter pulling iron caked pipes out of wells. Everything getting wet and freezing including myself. Fun times. [Submit it](http://community.discovery.com/eve/ubb.x/a/frm/f/8251971108)! ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-for-dirty-jobs/523290/19 "2010-01-05T06:15:48Z")
Frakking hamsters. :mad: