In every single case, that apprentice is this TV star himself.

Many of these jobs are even downright dangerous.

There’s a surprising way that he prepares for each episode, too he doesn’t.

Mike Rowe smiling

I just think that’s important."

When it comes down to it, “Dirty Jobs” is about as real as it gets.

“What you see is what really happens.”

Mike Rowe on the set of Dirty Jobs

Brand new episodes of “Dirty Jobs” air Sunday nights at 8 p.m. EST/PST on the Discovery Channel.