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'Dirty Jobs' comes to Basin; Television show shoots episode at Tulelake business
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photo by Lee Juillerat. Mike Rowe, host of
Discovery Channel’s “Dirty Jobs” show,
signs a photo for Tristan Gann and other
young fans in Tulelake.by Lee Juillerat, Herald and News 10/29/08 TULELAKE — The host of the Discovery Channel’s popular “Dirty Jobs,” spent a day in Tulelake covered with down while slicing and tugging out duck innards, and filling down pillows and comforters. |
With field producer Dave Barsky calling
camera shots, host Mike Rowe worked with
Mallard/Tule Goose Pillow Company owner Trudy
Eastman Tuesday for an upcoming episode.
Known for getting dirty — he’s worked alongside
septic-tank technicians, road-kill removal
specialists and shark suit testers — Rowe found
himself covered in goose and duck down — the
soft, fine feathers used in clothing, pillows
and comforters — while preparing birds freshly
killed by waterfowl hunters.
“Dirt’s come to mean different things. This
isn’t dirty in the classic wastewater sense,” he
said after gutting, plucking and packing ducks
and geese. “This is animal handling. Because so
much of the handling happens with the animals’
insides, it qualifies.”
The show began as “Somebody’s Gotta Do It” in San Francisco before it was commissioned for The Discovery Channel.
“This is the dirty job of hunting,” Rowe said of Tuesday’s filming alongside Eastman’s crew. “Hunters get up early and go out in often miserable conditions but, when it comes down to it, getting the birds prepped as food, these guys do the dirty work.”
He was pleased with the shoot and believes the hour-long episode may be aired between January and March.
“It ranks really high for a couple of reasons,” Rowe said. “Trudy is so real, so genuine. Unaffected by the camera. Authentic. It’s hard to find these people in the big city.”
Filming was completed in about eight hours. It’s not unusual for shooting to last 12 or 14 hours, especially if working in mines or on boats at sea.
Rowe said he sees his job differently than his viewers.
“I don’t see myself as the host. A day like today I’m a guest. I’m curious, I’m a smart aleck and I do what they tell me,” he said. “The best ‘Dirty Jobs’ are the ones that highlight the jobs that need to get done that most people wouldn’t do.”