# Mike Rowe - robbing banks is a very Dirty Job **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 7, 2016, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-rowe-robbing-banks-is-a-very-dirty-job/742406 "2016-01-07T10:26:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-rowe-robbing-banks-is-a-very-dirty-job/742406/1 "2016-01-07T10:26:14Z")
There is quite a resemblance. But of course its safe to say this is one Dirty Job Mike hasn’t done. 😃 Mike looks different in that recent photo of him pointing at a map… Gained weight or something? He’s changed a lot since Dirty Jobs ended. CNN published Mike’s full statement. He took this seriously enough to write a couple paragraphs and has an alibi if needed. > **[Mike Rowe mistaken for suspected bank robber | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/06/us/mike-rowe-bank-robber-feat/)** > > No, that wasn’t reality TV star Mike Rowe charged with robbing a bank earlier this week. > **[‘Dirty Jobs” Mike Rowe admits resemblance to Oregon bank robber](https://www.nydailynews.com/2016/01/06/dirty-jobs-mike-rowe-admits-resemblance-to-oregon-bank-robber/)** > > Television host Mike Rowe says that a bank heist in Oregon is one job where he never got involved. Images of a robber in Medford showed a suspect with a remarkable resemblance to the presenter, pro… > [@](#): > > Television host Mike Rowe says that a bank heist in Oregon is one job where he never got involved. > > Images of a robber in Medford showed a suspect with a remarkable resemblance to the presenter, prompting the police department to say they were putting out a warrant for his arrest. > > The former “Dirty Jobs” host admitted that he often is seen in a baseball cap and sweatshirt like those worn by the man in the Chase Bank location, but said he does not fit the correct physical description. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-rowe-robbing-banks-is-a-very-dirty-job/742406/2 "2016-01-07T14:46:13Z")
The police are looking for the wrong reality show star. That’s obviously a cleverly disguised Jeff Probst. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-rowe-robbing-banks-is-a-very-dirty-job/742406/3 "2016-01-07T15:31:46Z")
That is one fine-looking bank robber. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-rowe-robbing-banks-is-a-very-dirty-job/742406/4 "2016-01-07T15:37:01Z")
I don’t get the CNN article. When the story is about an image, why the heck do you not include the image in the story? We don’t need a picture of Rowe himself; anyone interested in the article already knows what he looks like. Show us the picture of the robber so we can compare! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-rowe-robbing-banks-is-a-very-dirty-job/742406/5 "2016-01-07T15:40:47Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I don’t get the CNN article. When the story is about an image, why the heck do you not include the image in the story? We don’t need a picture of Rowe himself; anyone interested in the article already knows what he looks like. Show us the picture of the robber so we can compare! [It’s on this page next to him](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dirty-jobs-mike-rowe-bank-robbery_568d6071e4b0c8beacf54dce). It could be just about anybody of a certain build wearing a baseball cap and sweatshirt. But it does evoke his television character image. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-rowe-robbing-banks-is-a-very-dirty-job/742406/6 "2016-01-07T17:05:26Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > There is quite a resemblance. But of course its safe to say this is one Dirty Job Mike hasn’t done. 😃 > > Mike looks different in that recent photo of him pointing at a map… Gained weight or something? He’s changed a lot since Dirty Jobs ended. > > CNN published Mike’s full statement. He took this seriously enough to write a couple paragraphs and has an alibi if needed. > > [http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/06/us/mike-rowe-bank-robber-feat/](http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/06/us/mike-rowe-bank-robber-feat/) > [‘Dirty Jobs” Mike Rowe admits resemblance to Oregon bank robber – New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/mike-rowe-admits-resemblance-bank-robber-article-1.2487861) I’m confident that he didn’t take it seriously. He takes very little seriously, which is a huge part of his appeal. He saw it as an opportunity for an amusing [Facebook post](https://www.facebook.com/TheRealMikeRowe/posts/1110513565625452), and he took it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-rowe-robbing-banks-is-a-very-dirty-job/742406/7 "2016-01-07T18:26:55Z")
Yeah, taking it seriously would call for talking to the police about it, not just posting some silliness on Facebook.