The December 20th episode of Dirty Jobs has Mike and the crew visiting Utah to hunt fossils with paleontologists.
Utah paleontologists to be featured on ‘Dirty Jobs’
By Amy Joi O’Donoghue, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY — Crews from the popular TV show “Dirty Jobs” recently went on a dinosaur dig in eastern Utah with some state paleontologists who will now be featured in an upcoming episode.
Set to air on Tuesday, the program will showcase what it is like to dig in the dirt and encounter all that accompanies that process — from smells and unpleasant, surprising discoveries.
State Paleontologist Jim Kirkland and Utah Geological Survey paleontologist Don DeBlieux traveled with the cast and crew of the show to an undisclosed location in eastern Utah for the one day shoot to look for and dig dinosaur bones out of the side of a steep hill.
“We picked that site because it is such a spectacular location, but it is a difficult location and one which requires lots of hard and strenuous work,” said DeBlieux.
According to the show’s website: “DIRTY JOBS profiles the unsung American laborers who make their living in the most unthinkable — yet vital — ways. Our brave host and apprentice Mike Rowe introduces you to a hardworking group of men and women who overcome fear, danger and sometimes stench and overall ickiness to accomplish their daily tasks.”
On the day of the Utah filming, the weather did not cooperate.
Read the complete article – HERE
Watch ‘Fossil Hunter’ sneak peek videos and other Dirty Jobs videos – HERE
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I am so excited about this episode!
As a very young teenager, I spent the day at an archaeological dig in the city of Jerash, in the Jordanian desert.
The day was long, slow, and supremely hot. The work was monotonous and dusty. Yet the mosaic being uncovered was a tangible link to lives over a thousand years in our past.
Then, as now, I have no words to describe the wonder.