“The last episode looked pretty much like the first.

We didn’t become something we weren’t,” Rowe declared.

“We stayed small.

Mike Rowe

And we had a hell of a good time.

It was as they say, a very good run.”

The job went to Craig, and I was crushed."

Mike Rowe wearing a suit

He auditioned once again, bragging, “All modesty aside, I killed it.”

Stewart, of course, wound up hosting “The Daily Show” from 1999 until 2015.

Accompanying his post was a photo of Rowe mock-crying while holding up his “Daily Show” rejection letter.

Mike Rowe with headphones, microphone

“I said, ‘Look, Diane, I’m not going to lie to you.

I’ve made some mistakes,'” joked Rowe.

Rowe also hosted Discovery’s annual Shark Week in both 2006 and 2008.

Diane Sawyer looking to her right

Rowe has also managed to carve out a niche in TV commercials.

In 2021, Rowe appeared in a TV commercial forViva paper towelsalongside his parents.

In 2012, Rowe served askeynote speakerat the Boy Scouts of America National Annual Meeting.

Mike Rowe in “Somebody’s Gotta Do It”

In his speech, hereiteratedwhat he’d said at the jamboree.

Rowe was invited to join the opera and got his AGMA card.

“So basically I’m 22.

Mike Rowe at Boy Scouts event

I’m dressed like a pirate, and I’m singing Vivaldi,” he recalled to Glenn Beck.

Discussing his opera career on"The Kelly Clarkson Show,“Rowe was modest about his skill level.

The subject of that eight-minute sales pitch was a pencil.

Mike Rowe singing

Keeping it, however, was another matter entirely.

“I’m not saying I’m proud,” Rowe wrote.

“I’m just saying it happened.”

Mike Rowe at Paley Center for Media

She then proceeded to rate the various cookies on a 1 to 10 scale.

Later, Roweshared a notehe received from McCourt, thanking him for drawing attention to her truth-in-advertising cookie campaign.

Thankfully, that TV appearance wound up getting Rowe off the hook.

Mike Rowe, John Rich singing

Responding to a fan’s comment about what it was like to testify to Congress, Roweshared his recollections.

“When I pop crack open the closet door they fall out like filthy snowflakes,” he quipped.

In the interview, Rowe offered a strategic reason behind his propensity to wear baseball caps.

Mike Rowe in “Dirty Jobs”

Oscar the Grouch, Mike Rowe

Mike Rowe at Hallmark studio

Mike Rowe wearing a baseball cap

Mike Rowe testifying before Congress

Mike Rowe at Balitmore Orioles game