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Dude: What is your favorite football team?
Mike Rowe: The Baltimore Colts. I'm a little behind the times.
shrieker: What was your major in college, and how did they ask you to be a host of "Dirty Jobs"?
Mike Rowe: I didn't declare a major until my final year. By that time I had accumulated enough random credits to go in several directions. I wound up with degrees in communications, speech and music. "Dirty Jobs," I'm afraid, is no one's fault but my own. The original idea was a segment I created for a program called "Evening Magazine," which used to air in San Francisco. That segment was called "Somebody's Gotta Do It." After putting it on the air and seeing the viewer response I sent it to a producer I know who then sent it to Discovery. The rest, as they say, is dirty history.
zulux2: Mike, do you have good insurance coverage?
Mike Rowe: Incredibly, no. I'm working on it, but for reasons too mysterious to even contemplate no one seems interested in underwriting the policy.
generalee01: Which is worse: the honey wagon or the L.A. storm drain cleaning?
Mike Rowe: Few things can rival the honey wagon. Raw sewage is in a category unto itself. However, it bears pointing out that raw sewage is treated in a very thorough and comprehensive way. The end product is actually quite benign. However, storm drains and the trash that is dumped into them runs straight into the ocean without being filtered or treated in any way. So, I would say if you're the earth, storm drains are worse. But if you're a simple man with a simple little show the honey wagon is not your friend.
germanwolf74: When did a cow step on you, Mike?
Mike Rowe: Several moments ago. There's one stepping on me right now. Ow! Ow! Damn it! Get off me you fat cow! You're killing me!!!!!!! Who in the hell let that cow in my room?!? Oh, it hurts so bad! Please someone get this cow off me!
