It’s even changed the way people think about these messy industries altogether.
“It started as a tribute to my granddad.”
Surprisingly, Rowe had never aspired to work in the entertainment industry.
He wanted to grow up to be just like his grandfather, who could fix just about anything.
“He could build a house without a blueprint,” Rowe told us.
“He was ingenious.”
Rowe booked jobs as a narrator and even ended up on QVC for a while.
“That show happened because my granddad turned 90,” Rowe explained to The List.
The successful series made people take notice of the importance of the messy occupations around them.
And fans everywhere were inspired by it, too.
It was the COVID-19 pandemic that began bringing back old memories of “Dirty Jobs” episodes.
“It just seemed like everywhere I turned, there was reference to essential workers.
Brand new episodes of “Dirty Jobs” air Sunday nights at 8 p.m. EST/PST on Discovery Channel.
