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Premiered

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Ended: Tuesday, December 29, 2009

When does Dirty Jobs Season 5 come out?

Dirty Jobs Season 5 premiered Tuesday, January 6, 2009 on Discovery and ended Tuesday, December 29, 2009. The season has 23 episodes.

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Dirty Jobs Season 5 episode release dates
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1. Bologna Maker

Mike heads to Pennsylvania and tries his hand at making bologna and then goes to Alaska to repair a very special toilet.

Tuesday · 17 years ago

2. Abandoned Mine Plugger

Mike travels to Ohio to check on the Common Tern population and then he finds himself in Northern California plugging an abandoned mineshaft.

Tuesday · 17 years ago

3. Animal Rendering

Mike takes a trip to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles to find out about the important work being done in Pit 91. Then Mike travels north where he learns about rendering and discovers how much of a farm animal can be recycled.

Tuesday · 17 years ago

4. Goose Down Plucker

Mike heads to Meridian, California to find out what it takes to harvest walnuts. Then he spends some time in Tulelake where he learns how to make goose down pillows and comforters.

Tuesday · 17 years ago

5. Diaper Cleaner

Mike journeys to Queen Creek, Arizona to press olives into oil and then heads to Sacramento, California to clean dirty diapers.

Tuesday · 17 years ago

6. Spider Pharm

Mike ventures to Payette, Idaho to learn how to make high quality bird food. Then he heads to Yarnell, Arizona to collect spiders from the desert to milk them for their venom.

Tuesday · 17 years ago

7. Locomotive Builder

Mike heads to MotivePower in Boise, Idaho to build and restore locomotives for his 200th dirty job.

Tuesday · 17 years ago

8. 200 Jobs Look-Back

Mike takes a look back at his previous jobs, toughest co-workers, and his ongoing encounters with dirt and poo. With additional footage from "Skull Cleaner" and "Turkey Inseminator"

Tuesday · 17 years ago

9. Mike's Day Off

Mike takes the day off to get a physical examination, leaving Executive Producers Eddie Barbini and Craig Piligian to host the show: servicing porta-potties and making custom-fabricated alloy wheels for Boyd Coddington Wheels

Tuesday · 17 years ago

10. Sled Dog Breeder

Breeding and training Alaskan Huskies as sled dogs with Martin Buser; revisit of dirty jobs in Alaska: Bird ringing common terns and Canadian geese ("Abandoned Mine Plugger"), fishing and processing of fish ("Floating Fish Factory"), cleaning up diesel spill in Dutch Harbor, Alaska ("Ice Salvage Crew"), incinerating toilet cleaner ("Bologna Maker"). The mail bag portion was taped at the Soo Locks on the floor of the MacArthur Lock in front of the upstream bulkheads.

Sunday · 17 years ago

11. Mattress Recycler

Mike finds out what happens to old mattresses after people throw them out.

Tuesday · 17 years ago

12. High-Rise Window Washer

High-rise window washer, viewer mail: brine tank cleaner (Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay)

Tuesday · 17 years ago

13. Toilet Crusher

Toilet Crusher & alligator snapping turtle researcher

Tuesday · 17 years ago

14. Camel Rancher

Mike works at the country's only Dromedary camel dairy.

Tuesday · 17 years ago

15. Tofu Maker

Mike recycles computers before heading to Hawaii to make tofu.

Tuesday · 17 years ago

16. Glass Maker

Mike goes to Jonesboro, Arkansas to perform dung beetle research. Then he heads to Williamstown, West Virginia to try his hand at making glass art.

Tuesday · 17 years ago

17. Rocky Reach Dam

Mike journeys to Wenatchee, Washington to help maintain a hydroelectric dam. Then he explores a fish bypass system where he catches and tags fish and winds up wading through a pool of fish poop.

Tuesday · 16 years ago

18. Safety Third

Mike reflects back on his more hazardous apprenticeships and makes a case for safety.

Tuesday · 16 years ago

19. Reindeer Farm

Mike goes to Kentucky to try his hand at shrink-wrapping a houseboat. Then he heads off to Palmer, Alaska to spend a day working at a reindeer farm.

Tuesday · 16 years ago

20. Marble Maker

Mike goes to Hawaii to learn how to make dirt shirts at The Original Dirt Shirt Company. Then he heads off to Reno, Ohio to learn how to make marbles.

Tuesday · 16 years ago

21. Fireworks Technician

Mike becomes a specialty fireworks technician in Addison, Pa. and then helps examine a cow with a hole in its stomach at Arkansas State University.

Tuesday · 16 years ago

22. Worm Grunter

Mike goes to Florida to harvest clams at the Alligator Harbor Aquatic Preserve and later attempt to worm-grunt in the Apalachicola National Forest.

Tuesday · 16 years ago

23. Maple Syrup Maker Finale

Mike travels to San Francisco to participate in the messy process of paint bulking. Then he heads to Wagner's Sugar Camp in Pennsylvania to spend the day making delicious maple syrup the old-fashioned way.

Tuesday · 16 years ago

Dirty Jobs Season 5 FAQ

When does Dirty Jobs Season 5 come out?

Dirty Jobs Season 5 premiered Tuesday, January 6, 2009 on Discovery.

How many episodes are in Dirty Jobs Season 5?

Dirty Jobs Season 5 has 23 episodes.

Are new episodes of Dirty Jobs Season 5 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the Dirty Jobs Season 5 finale?

The Dirty Jobs Season 5 finale (Episode 23) aired Tuesday, December 29, 2009.

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