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00:00My name's Mike Rowe, and this is my job.
00:05I explore the country looking for people who aren't afraid to get dirty.
00:09Okay, here's some debris. Can we go now?
00:12We got a lot more to go, Mike.
00:14Hard-working men and women who earn an honest living.
00:16Oh, you forgot to put the sock on. You better hurry up! Hurry up! Hurry up!
00:22Doing the kinds of jobs that make civilized life possible for the rest of us.
00:26So some of these spots, there's so much of it, it's just easier to use your hands.
00:30There you go.
00:32Now, get ready.
00:37To get dirty.
00:40Okay, good.
00:41Coming up on Dirty Jobs.
00:43Hawaii.
00:45When you're lying on the beach, it's an island paradise.
00:47When you're hanging 400 feet in the air, not so much.
00:52High-rise window washing.
00:54Oh, you got it.
00:55Oh, you got it.
00:57A dangerous, death-defying job.
00:59We should wait for Doug, see if he makes it.
01:03And fun for the whole Dirty Jobs crew.
01:05You're on your own.
01:06See you, Mike.
01:08Then, we stick our hand up the Dirty Jobs mailbag.
01:11This is another insightful letter from another loyal fan.
01:15And synced to a new love.
01:17Ow.
01:18With never-before-seen footage from the little pit from hell.
01:22I mean, that hurt.
01:23It's unspeakably painful.
01:28Oh, God.
01:29Hawaii, land of lush rainforests, ancient volcanoes, stunning coastline, magnificent sea creatures,
01:51and home to some of the most gorgeous beaches and best surfing in the world.
01:55There's also a majestic diamond head in beautiful Honolulu with high-rise condominiums that have thousands and thousands of windows that need to be cleaned by window-washing daredevils.
02:06And an occasional rookie, like me, will attempt to keep his knees from knocking just long enough to complete this terrifying Dirty Job.
02:16Dino.
02:17Mike.
02:17Great to meet you, Mike.
02:18Nice to meet you.
02:19This is Dino.
02:20What's your last name, Dino?
02:21Pertzoff.
02:21Dino Pertzoff.
02:22And he owns a company called what?
02:24Worldwide Window Cleaning.
02:25And Worldwide Window Cleaning has invited the Dirty Jobs crew today to come to the top of where?
02:30One Waterfront Towers.
02:31One Waterfront.
02:32And this would be the top, and that would be the waterfront.
02:35Specifically, what are we looking at, Dino?
02:37We're looking at the Honolulu Airport right there.
02:40Uh-huh.
02:40This is Honolulu Harbor.
02:41Right.
02:42And beyond that would be Pearl.
02:44Yes.
02:45All right.
02:46It's a lovely view.
02:47Roughly how high in the air are we?
02:49408 feet.
02:51408 feet, give or take, an inch.
02:53The job today is to wash the windows at one waterfront.
02:55Yes.
02:56And how will we accomplish that?
02:58We're just going to go over the side, and we're going to give you a squeegee,
03:01and hopefully we'll get some clean windows.
03:03This is typically the language I would find in your employee handbook vis-a-vis the hiring
03:09policies that you've had in place now.
03:11Give squeegee a clean window.
03:14How long have you had the business?
03:15Ten years.
03:16Are you feeling good?
03:17Profitable?
03:18Things going all right?
03:18Yeah.
03:19It's doing pretty well.
03:20A lot of dirty windows in Hawaii?
03:22Everywhere.
03:23I would think with what's blowing up here, 30 right now, 25, something like that?
03:26Maybe not quite.
03:27It will be.
03:27It always picks up in the afternoon.
03:30Okay.
03:31408 feet in the air.
03:33Wind's picking up.
03:34We go off.
03:35No, we're not in scaffolds, are we?
03:37No, bosun chairs.
03:38We're going to be dropping down individual bosun chairs.
03:41Okay, great.
03:42This is obviously a technical challenge for me and my crew, and you've brought us up to
03:51the very, very top here today to limber up a little first.
03:55Yeah, we always want to do a little bit of yoga, stretch out.
03:58My work comp policy is high enough as it is, so we don't want to get any shoulder injuries,
04:02back injuries.
04:03And that's Cab over there?
04:05There's Cab.
04:06Cab, come on over.
04:06Yoga instructor.
04:07All right, so we stretch out before we wash?
04:12Yes.
04:13Yeah?
04:13Yeah, you do that.
04:13You pray a little bit, too.
04:14It's the spiritual aspect that you have to get into.
04:16No, look, I'll do, I'll stretch, I'll pray, I'll bow, I'll find east, I'll do whatever we
04:22have to do.
04:23Now, my crew should also be as limber as possible for this?
04:26Oh, certainly.
04:28All right.
04:28So Dave has, I just love the way Dave looks with a grown-up camera on him.
04:33Dave is going to shoot us.
04:34Doug, you should give your camera to somebody, I guess.
04:37To him?
04:38To Dan?
04:38Yeah, do that.
04:39Jones, are you going over the side?
04:41Yes.
04:41All right, so you'll be stretching out as well.
04:43Aside from Troy and Doug, we know that's Dave back there.
04:46Yes.
04:46Tall guy.
04:47And that's Frank.
04:48Frank.
04:48Frank with the tattoos.
04:50Yep.
04:50And that's Jamie behind Frank.
04:52Hi, Jamie.
04:53Hi.
04:53And that's Paul behind Jamie.
04:55Is that right?
04:56Yes.
04:56All right, good.
04:56And is that another Steve down there?
04:58Yes, it is.
04:59And that's another Steve next to him?
05:00Yes, it is.
05:01All right, well, let's just go through some stretches then, and then we'll start the work.
05:04So I'll do what you say.
05:05Okay.
05:06The yoga thing was supposed to be about stretching and limbering up and all that good, healthy stuff.
05:11But once it got going, it seemed like it was all about something else.
05:15The first pose, downward-facing death, should have been a tip-off, and all the praying in
05:20the world should have warned me, too.
05:21But things finally began to sink in when cabs showed us the airplane maneuvers.
05:27Banking right, banking left.
05:30Teaching us to have the courage to face the swiftly approaching ground.
05:34Teaching us the secrets of flight.
05:36Teaching us how to slow our downward speed by clutching someone next to us.
05:42For Doug and Troy, this may not prevent death, but it does allow them to say things through
05:46touch that they've never been able to express before.
05:49Finally, when all else fails, there's the free fall of doom.
05:53Assuming crash position, and in the end, experiencing the utter bliss of entering the spirit world.
06:01How are you feeling?
06:02I feel okay.
06:03How do you feel?
06:04Excellent, excellent.
06:05Does he actually wash the windows with us?
06:07Not yet.
06:08Uh-huh.
06:09That's why I feel so good.
06:10Oh, hell yeah.
06:10Yeah, of course.
06:11You feel great.
06:12All right.
06:13We're all going to go pee when we come back.
06:14It's danger and bad judgment.
06:16All right.
06:16Actually, let's call it horrible judgment.
06:23Here's some comforting facts.
06:25The recommended training period to wash windows on a 45-story building like this one is one year.
06:30The tiny little bosun's chair we'll be using is illegal in some states for buildings this tall.
06:38And last but not least, about 12 window washers a year die in the U.S.
06:44Looks like I've picked a bad day to stop wearing adult diapers.
06:48All right.
06:49That would be the squeegee.
06:50That much I'm certain of.
06:51That's my harness.
06:54That's your harness.
06:55All right.
06:55You can probably start this, I guess.
06:58Right over here.
06:59Frank, what we're looking at right here is basically what we'll be repelling down over there.
07:06Same thing.
07:07Repelling down and cleaning this glass.
07:08Well, you're going to get in a bosun chair that's connected to a device we call an SRT.
07:13It's a descent device.
07:14What's that stand for?
07:15It's a single rope technique.
07:18It's a company out of Australia.
07:19They know what they're doing.
07:20Yeah.
07:20Have a wonderful reputation.
07:21Yeah.
07:22Good.
07:22Yeah, you'll squeeze the descent.
07:24You let go.
07:25Stop.
07:25Or if you fall unconscious or something, you'll stop.
07:28You have two ropes.
07:29You'll be descending on one.
07:30Your second rope is your safety line.
07:33And that's what's connected to this harness.
07:35So your bosun chair will be connected to the primary with the descent device.
07:38This will be connected right here with a rope grab to your secondary rope.
07:43What's the hardest part of the job?
07:44The squeegee in the glass.
07:46The actual just squeegee.
07:47Just squeegee in the glass one time.
07:49All right.
07:49What can I do here?
07:51All right.
07:52This water here has a squirt of dishwashing liquid in it.
07:55First thing you do right here.
07:58A couple times just to make sure it's clean.
08:05Real simple.
08:07At the right angle here, try to get a 45.
08:14All right.
08:15Let's try it.
08:16So I'll reach in with my right hand and I'll take this out.
08:19You want to squeeze it out so that you don't mess up all the windows below you.
08:23Right.
08:23Right.
08:24So it doesn't really matter how you wash it, right?
08:27Yeah.
08:27But it's good to simulate the same movement that you would do with a squeegee just for practice.
08:31All right.
08:32But you're good.
08:32That's clean.
08:33So I'm going to take this.
08:34Main thing is no death grip.
08:35It seems like something should be attached to this.
08:37You know, we're hoping that you're not going to drop this because we've got some expensive skylights down below you.
08:43Don't drop the camera, Troy.
08:45You either, Doug.
08:47All right.
08:48Now, always start with the leading edge and lead into each corner.
08:52There's a point.
08:52Yeah, you lead into that corner.
08:53Up into the corner.
08:54Right now, as you hit the next corner, already turn.
08:56Make it turn.
08:57There you go.
08:58Lead into that corner.
08:59Always turn before you get to the corner.
09:01Right.
09:02Oh, look at that.
09:05Huh?
09:07Okay.
09:07How is the sun going to come?
09:09I can imagine how the wind complicates it.
09:11But how's the sun?
09:12Well, once you wet that window, you're going to have about eight seconds before it dries.
09:18Because you can't let the sun dry.
09:19Otherwise, it's just a big splotchy.
09:20Exactly.
09:21All right, Dave.
09:22I think we should just do this then.
09:23Here comes Ryan with a helmet cam.
09:29Beautiful.
09:29So, this is what the footage looks like when the camera on my head is working.
09:35And this is what it will look like when we're going down the sunny side of the building.
09:40And I remember to do this and wring it out.
09:42And I come up like this.
09:44And I do a little of this.
09:45I do a little of that.
09:46And I do some of this.
09:47And then with eight seconds left, I pick this up.
09:49I do some of this.
09:50I come up like this with the leading edge.
09:52I follow it around.
09:53I come down.
09:54I start my turn before I get to the corner.
09:56I come around like so.
09:57I leave a little bit of schmutz.
09:59But I have a rookie rag.
10:00That's what it looks like when I do that.
10:02All right.
10:03I wave to the people inside who can see me.
10:06But I can't see them.
10:07And then I squeeze something here.
10:09And we drop a little further.
10:10Yes.
10:12I don't see what could possibly go wrong.
10:14Easy.
10:20Any last words?
10:21No season five.
10:22So look, should he fall for real?
10:29What, how much slack before he's caught?
10:32No, he's just a lanyard.
10:34Light to the lanyard.
10:34Just that much.
10:35Put it on that side.
10:36But that's exactly.
10:37Just clip it in.
10:38So you're not really strapped into the seat, are you?
10:41No, you're just sitting.
10:42You're just sitting.
10:42There's nothing, there's no seat belt or anything.
10:44No.
10:45This is your six years old at the playground on a swing.
10:48Yes.
10:48Same deal.
10:49Exactly.
10:52He's got to figure out a way to get his camera descending at the same time his body descends.
10:57And they're all hooked up to separate things.
10:59And it's crazy.
11:01Plus the glass that we're going down, about 150 degrees.
11:06Dude, it's just jacked up, man.
11:12I'm set.
11:14The job sounded real fun on paper.
11:16Now that I'm here, I could dry heave.
11:21Well, here we are.
11:22On the, uh, what's this thing called?
11:24Ganchi cream.
11:25Okay.
11:27Whoops.
11:28There goes our key piece.
11:28Whoopsie-daisy.
11:29There goes the key piece of equipment.
11:31All right.
11:32Let's get you first to lower your ropes down.
11:34Always check your screw gates.
11:46All right.
11:46We're ready to hook up.
11:50Coming up, I live life on the edge.
11:53How the heck do I get down there?
11:54Uh, you crawl over the edge.
11:56Come on, dude.
11:58F***ing, f***ing, you've got to be getting me.
12:00And later, I do scientific research on a substance called brine.
12:05Brine is, oh, they're salty for sure.
12:09Probably toxic.
12:11I'll let you know.
12:12How often do you test these ropes for, you know...
12:22Every day we hang on them.
12:26All right.
12:26If you want to get down on your belly right here.
12:30This is kind of one of the more easy places to drop something.
12:33Yeah.
12:35All right.
12:36Yep.
12:36You're good to go.
12:38How the heck do I get down there?
12:39Uh, you crawl over the edge.
12:40Come on.
12:41Yeah, you're going to hold on your rope, and you're going to stand, and then you're going to slide.
12:44Oh, come on.
12:46Come on, dude.
12:47F***ing, f***ing.
12:48You've got to be getting me.
12:52Well, we'll put you over the side first.
12:54Me first?
12:55Yeah, you first.
12:56I could watch you do it, and then I would learn.
12:58You're going to be fine.
12:59All right, fine, fine, fine.
13:00You're going to be fine.
13:00Fine.
13:00I'm going to be fine.
13:01He's fine.
13:03All right.
13:03Check all your gates.
13:05You got all your gates tight.
13:07Good.
13:09Perfect.
13:10Yeah.
13:11And now you just scamper over, you stand at it, and then you sit at it.
13:14Yes.
13:15Now, we're going to put your tools in first.
13:17Okay.
13:18I swear to God, I'd live with dirty windows.
13:20All right.
13:20If I had the choice.
13:24There, you're good to go.
13:27Really?
13:28Look how crooked.
13:30Yeah.
13:31How do you get in it?
13:32Okay, as soon as you stand in it, it'll straighten right up.
13:35So I got to turn around.
13:36No, you know what we'll probably do now is I think you're right.
13:39I'll go in there and get in the same time as you, and that way we can...
13:42Do it together.
13:43I can do it together.
13:44Yeah, we never do anything together anymore, man.
13:46This will be fun.
13:46We're going to do it together.
13:47I'm going to sit here and wait for you.
13:49All right.
13:49You know what I think?
13:52What's that?
13:53What do you think?
13:54I think, uh...
13:56I think I'm going to say a lot of bad words today.
13:58All right.
13:59Well, we can...
13:59You can bleep that out.
14:00I've heard it before.
14:01No, I mean, normally I don't like to, but I'm...
14:04I'm pretty sure there's going to be cussing.
14:14There.
14:15You're good to go.
14:16Let's say a short prayer.
14:17Yes.
14:18All right.
14:19Oh, Father God, we just thank you for this beautiful day, Lord,
14:22and we just thank you for Mike and his crew here,
14:24and we just ask for just a good, safe afternoon, Lord.
14:27In Jesus' name we pray.
14:29Amen.
14:29Amen.
14:32Okay, Mike, this looks like the tricky part.
14:34Yeah.
14:35And it is.
14:36I just...
14:36Slowly, I just want you to kind of jump down.
14:40Call down.
14:41You put one foot in your chair.
14:45I can't see it.
14:46Stand straight up on the chair.
14:50Great.
14:51Awesome.
14:52Okay, bring this hand down to these ropes.
14:54Uh-huh.
14:54Slowly ease yourself over the wall.
14:57Feet come through the chair.
14:59And settle in.
14:59You'll be good to go.
15:01Kick your feet through.
15:03There you go.
15:04Now you've done this.
15:05Oh, jeez.
15:05Watch out.
15:06Get both legs through, or you're going to be stuck in a...
15:08There you go.
15:09There you go.
15:09All right.
15:10Oh, crap.
15:14You all right?
15:16I'm okay, yeah?
15:17No, super.
15:20So you've got two ways of controlling your descent.
15:24This will make you go, and this will make you stop also.
15:28So you want to do it kind of like this.
15:31See that?
15:32All right, so I should slowly squeeze this.
15:34Yeah.
15:35Just let that slide between my hands.
15:36There you go.
15:37Right to the glass.
15:38What's that?
15:39Right to the glass.
15:40What's your feel?
15:41Put you lower down, right to where I do.
15:43All right, we should wait for Doug.
15:44See if he makes it.
15:45Doug is not what you call a big fan of sickening heights.
15:49Yeah, Dave, we might as well start washing.
15:51Let Doug catch up.
15:52Yeah.
15:53All right.
15:54Reach over like this.
15:56There you go.
15:56And then squeeze it out.
15:57Turn it over.
15:59Same thing.
16:00Squeeze it out.
16:05Jeez.
16:06That's awkward.
16:08Can't reach it.
16:12I've got to come down further.
16:14Meanwhile, Doug sees his entire life flash before his eyes.
16:19Frank, you got a suction cup?
16:20You can put it on the glass below you.
16:23Just hit it onto the glass.
16:24Then you can pull yourself wherever you want to go.
16:26That'll keep you.
16:27That'll pull you right now.
16:28This is great, man.
16:28I didn't know about the suction cup.
16:30Like, you don't want to put all your weight on the cup?
16:33Because if it does release, and they do, it just kind of scares you a little bit.
16:37Just be ready for it to release.
16:38Got it.
16:39Now, I would put that suction cup to that side of the window, and that way you hold like
16:49this, and pull yourself that way.
16:53Right there.
16:54There you go.
16:55Actually, if you never look down, or behind, or to the left, or to the right, well, it's
17:05not so bad.
17:06All right, look, I just did a window, man.
17:13How's it going, Doug?
17:16So you're going to do this, basically, two times?
17:20Three.
17:23Hey, you know, Doug, if it's not right, if you got it up without a grand limit, and you
17:27can feel that, and it hasn't passed by now, yeah, then it's not right.
17:33Hey, Mike, Doug's a no-go.
17:45Okay, Doug has had a change of heart, and I don't blame him.
17:51He's in the exact same position I am right now, except he's got a 40-pound camera on his
17:58shoulder, and it's a very trippy thing, taking that first step.
18:01These guys do it every day.
18:03I'm telling you, it's a hell of a thing.
18:07Well, if this works out, this is how Jones gets a raise.
18:09People ask me all the time, you know, how do you advance in this crazy business?
18:13And this is one way to do it.
18:14You're an audio guy one minute, and then somebody tosses you a camera, and you jump off a 400-foot
18:19building.
18:21Just like that.
18:22How you doing, Doug?
18:23I'm great.
18:24A little annoyed, but...
18:25Dude, I don't blame you.
18:26You just had a baby for crying out loud.
18:28You're the only one here with any sense.
18:30No offense, gentlemen.
18:32Jones, you're in bonus country.
18:33Start wherever you want and shoot everything.
18:35Hey, let's get him a comb and some wax paper.
18:37He can play God Bless America.
18:38Back to our regularly scheduled madness.
18:42All right, guys, let's get back in it.
18:44So do you guys normally descend all at the same time?
18:48Like you try and stay even?
18:49Yeah.
18:50Why?
18:50It keeps me from messing up your windows and vice versa when the rain's blowing.
18:58Wait till we got to do these ones underneath.
19:00Sporty?
19:01Just a little bit.
19:02Jeez.
19:04Coming up.
19:05This has all been child's play so far.
19:07Training day is over.
19:08Now we're headed to Window Cleaning 202.
19:10Now the real work begins.
19:12As soon as you see that eyeball, don't go any further because you'll be too low.
19:16Jeez, I'm...
19:17Oh, you're there.
19:21I know, I'm there, but it's too far.
19:31Oh, you got it.
19:33Oh, you got it.
19:34Crap.
19:35Ah, shoot.
19:37You're getting pretty comfortable there already.
19:45Doing the 360s.
19:47Oh.
19:48I got cocky.
19:50Uh-oh, you got to release that suction cup.
19:52Oh, shoot.
19:55Ah.
19:57Ah, shoot.
19:58Ah.
20:00Down.
20:01Release.
20:01Ah, shoot.
20:02How hard is it, seriously, to find the right guy for this gig?
20:12Or a girl?
20:12Because, I mean, Jamie's obviously just a monster.
20:14You know when it's harder to find somebody who wants to come to work every day?
20:17A couple years ago, we didn't hire anything with a pulse.
20:19So, if you were guessing, I mean, how many window-washing outfits are there?
20:26In Hawaii, we're the biggest.
20:27There's another somewhat big one, smaller.
20:29Um, there's a bunch of one-man shows.
20:32I'm just thinking now, you know, people who are, you know, trying to figure out a way to
20:35make their ends meet, chances are good that they live in a neighborhood with glass.
20:39Actually, when I first started, uh, uh, I had a little route, and, uh, on Monday, I did
20:45dominoes.
20:45That's how I ate.
20:46I get a large pizza, trade for the windows.
20:48Right.
20:48Tuesday, I had Subway, two 12-inch subs.
20:51Wednesday, I got the sushi platter.
20:53Right.
20:53That's how I survived.
20:54You were one of those guys with a sign that said, we'll work for food, but really meant
20:57it.
20:57That's right.
20:58Exactly.
21:00You know, looking around here, I mean, obviously, that building and that, you've got, do you do
21:05most of these?
21:06No, we do about 300 of them.
21:08We got about 40 to 45 on the payroll.
21:11We got about 20 high-rise window cleaners.
21:13You're like a mogul, man.
21:14Still small business, man.
21:16Okay.
21:17They're going to crank us out.
21:18They're going to crank us out.
21:20All right.
21:20The gantry's coming out?
21:21Gantry's coming out.
21:24We got some fun stuff coming up.
21:26This has all been child's play so far.
21:28Okay, good.
21:28I was just thinking this show could really take off if we could just amp up the degree
21:32of difficulty.
21:33Just a touch.
21:36So we start with...
21:37Right here.
21:38This third one down.
21:39One, two, three.
21:40Okay.
21:48Nah.
21:51Only 39 more floors.
21:52Should have done some more yoga this morning.
21:55Only 39 more floors and about 4,333 more windows.
22:00Jones seems to be hanging in there pretty well, wrangling both sound and camera while dangling
22:05a hair's breadth away from certain death.
22:07It's demonstrated here by this pretty cool shot from the Jones cam.
22:11Oh, spoke too soon.
22:13Nice shot of parked cars, anyway.
22:15You know, you really can never have too many shots of parked cars.
22:18But now we're getting to the tough one.
22:22Yeah.
22:22You'll see what we're talking about.
22:23This is what we brought you here for.
22:26Now we're headed to Window Cleaning 202.
22:29So basically, the key is here.
22:34You drop down until you can just barely see the eye bolt, right?
22:38Yeah.
22:39Just barely.
22:39As soon as you see that eye bolt, don't go any further because you'll be too low.
22:43Then you have to go all the way down and start over.
22:45The eye bolt in question is a nearly microscopic little thing that needs to be hooked onto with
22:51the block and tackle so the window washers can pull themselves close enough to the inside
22:55set of windows to wash them.
22:57Yo, you're right there, Mike.
22:59Ah, God, I almost fell.
23:00I was in.
23:01Oh.
23:01So close.
23:03This is insane.
23:05You got about four feet.
23:08Ah, fell again.
23:09Half an inch.
23:10Crap.
23:11Oh, oh, you're right there.
23:15You're right there.
23:16You got to go in.
23:17Oh, not that I haven't been, but I feel like cussing loud real bad.
23:21Jeez, I'm just amazing.
23:28I do this and I go the other way.
23:29Yeah.
23:31Look, I mean, I don't want to be head.
23:32I don't want to be looking at this.
23:34I'm sick of this view.
23:35I'm sick of this ocean.
23:36I'm sick of the airport.
23:39I just want to face this way.
23:40No, no, I'm.
23:45Oh, oh, my goodness.
23:47One more.
23:48You're right.
23:48No.
23:50Just half an inch.
23:52You're right there.
23:53I know.
23:54I know, I'm right there.
23:55Right there.
23:56Oh, you dirty.
23:57Oh, you.
23:58Ah.
23:59You're getting good at this.
24:00Crap.
24:00You're real close.
24:01Oh, God.
24:02Oh, you're there.
24:03I know I'm there, but it's too small.
24:05That was the closest you came.
24:07Well, that's really, really super encouraging.
24:09No, no.
24:10Hey, I'm in the hole.
24:12I'm in the hole.
24:14All right, then.
24:16All right, so we all go home now?
24:17Yeah.
24:18Oh, God.
24:19Woo.
24:20Pull in like that.
24:25Huge pain in the neck, man.
24:27One more time.
24:28There you go.
24:29And then come in from your other side.
24:31There you go.
24:32Beautiful.
24:33All this so we can go to work.
24:35Just so we can go to work.
24:38Coming up, I'm coming down.
24:42That was awesome.
24:42But just when I think it's over, the nightmare begins again.
24:47This is really hard.
24:48It's really hard.
24:50Ha, ha.
24:50Okay.
24:52Later, the Dirty Jobs mailbag.
24:54Another insightful letter from another loyal fan.
24:57Puts me in a very uncomfortable place.
25:00Ow.
25:00Oh, f***ing, f***ing, f***ing, f***ing, f***ing, f***ing me, that hurt.
25:04You know, I'd be so happy to trade in this worthless harness for a hard hat.
25:08You've got to be kidding me.
25:26Are you kidding?
25:28No way.
25:29I don't see it.
25:30Eh.
25:33Man.
25:34This is crazy, man.
25:36I have a new suggestion for you.
25:38We just need a little thing.
25:40Cheater pull.
25:40That's what we call a cheater pull.
25:42Ah.
25:43But possible.
25:45Whoa.
25:46It's difficult.
25:47Pull makes it difficult.
25:48Whoa.
25:49Jeez.
25:50God.
25:52That'll be easy to get.
25:53Easy.
25:53I've seen easy.
25:55This is not it.
25:56Join up quick, aren't you?
25:57I know.
25:58But on the positive side, I don't care.
26:00That's the tough one right there.
26:03Playing it.
26:04That's so sloppy, but I don't care anymore.
26:14Wind's kicking up.
26:15Good.
26:17Hey, are you doing my windows?
26:19That's your window.
26:20Come on.
26:20I don't want charity.
26:21It's the Ohana.
26:22Family.
26:23Family.
26:24The next overhang's easier.
26:25The one that goes down about 300 feet?
26:27Yeah.
26:27A little bit farther to fall, but a lot easier to hook up to.
26:33But before the allegedly easy part, we had a short break on one of the building's patios.
26:39I'm not sure I have use of my legs, to be honest with you.
26:44Got you.
26:50You did it.
26:50All right.
26:51That was awesome.
26:54We're a quarter away done?
26:56Almost.
26:56Almost.
26:57Mike, you got to pop your block and tackle now.
26:59Grab your safety line.
27:00Put some pressure on it.
27:02Watch out.
27:03All right.
27:03Now you got to do yours.
27:04Yeah.
27:05And just count to three.
27:05One, two, three.
27:06And then I'll pull on this.
27:07You let go of that.
27:08I'll pull on this.
27:09There's your attention.
27:09Now the key is when this comes down, you and I separate.
27:12I got it.
27:12That'll slow it down.
27:13One, two, three.
27:17Oh.
27:18It came right at you.
27:18Yeah.
27:19You're supposed to hold on that.
27:20You didn't tell me that.
27:21You said pull it and then get out of the way.
27:24All right.
27:26Okay.
27:26Block and tackle, squeegees, detergent, extra cameras, people flying around, calluses and
27:35blood.
27:37Watch it with this.
27:38All in a day's work.
27:39So now we begin what Dino keeps calling the easy part.
27:48Why don't I believe him?
27:51All right.
27:51Tell me what to do.
27:52Let's do it.
27:52There you go.
27:53Frank's going to hook you right up.
27:54All right.
27:55See those skylights down there?
27:56Uh-huh.
27:56Each quarter is $15,000.
27:59So they break because people come out here and they drop their coffee cups.
28:02Beers.
28:02Beers.
28:03Sure.
28:04Themselves.
28:04We're going to make sure the squeegee doesn't go down.
28:06Good to go.
28:11All right.
28:20That's a good one.
28:21All right.
28:22No, I just sit in it, right?
28:24It's just...
28:25It really does.
28:26I mean, even after doing this for hours, it goes against everything you...
28:29I understand, Doug, really.
28:31I mean, honestly, I'm not going to...
28:34I mean, you know you're in a position where we could just make fun of you for maybe the
28:38rest of your life.
28:40You realize that.
28:41But I'm personally...
28:42I'm telling you now I'm not going to do it because this is really hard.
28:45It's really hard.
28:46All right.
28:47Here we go.
28:48All righty then.
28:49Okay.
28:50Good.
28:50Good.
28:51Super.
28:55It's a 300-foot drop from my bosun's chair straight to the
28:59hard cement below.
29:01And that fact will cross your mind from time to time when you're up here.
29:04So the work, as hard as it is, is actually a welcome distraction.
29:13On this part of the drop, all the guys get strangely quiet all of a sudden.
29:22What the heck is this?
29:24This is emptiness again.
29:25So we got another overhang here.
29:27Oh, no, no, no.
29:28Block and tackle again?
29:29Block and tackle.
29:30Block and tackle.
29:31So the whole rest of the building?
29:33Yeah.
29:34Two-thirds the building.
29:35Who's the architect?
29:36You know...
29:37I mean, what genius did this, honestly?
29:38I'll get back to you on that one.
29:39I'll find out.
29:40All right.
29:40Well, look.
29:41I mean, I'm...
29:43I get it.
29:44I just don't have it in me.
29:45I'm beat.
29:45All right.
29:46Well...
29:46I mean, I mean, if you're saying that the only way to get these is to go with the pole,
29:49finding the hole.
29:50No.
29:50Yeah.
29:51No, no.
29:51I get it.
29:52We're out of here.
29:52I get it.
29:53I've slowed you down.
29:54If you have any hope of getting this done right, we should just go to the bottom.
29:57Okay.
29:57Aloha Friday.
29:58I like that.
29:59What's that family word you had again?
30:00Ohana.
30:02Ohana.
30:03It's Ohana on Aloha Friday.
30:06So my family and I are going to get the hell to the bottom of this building.
30:10If he starts spinning, just try not to puke, okay?
30:13I'll try.
30:14Because we'll get hit, you know, because you'll be spinning.
30:18The family word again?
30:20Ohana.
30:21How do you say beer 30?
30:23Paohana.
30:24So can Paohana now mean we all go down together, take our time, and go find a frog?
30:29Musty beverage?
30:30Almost.
30:30Unfortunately, Paohana means you're on your own.
30:33See you, Mike.
30:42Coming up.
30:43I thought we were done, but we're not.
30:44We're never really done.
30:45Turns out Troy's hair is caught in the SRT.
30:50A haircut horror story, 200 feet in the air.
30:53If he goes down at all, it is scalping.
30:55It would take a spot like that out of the scalp.
30:57All right, look, Matt.
30:58Seriously, it's very important that you don't touch anything and don't move.
31:01Stay still.
31:01If you move at all, you will be scalped.
31:04Oh.
31:10Oh, no.
31:11No, no, no.
31:13I'm going to ticks.
31:16That's right.
31:17All right.
31:30No super way on this thing.
31:31Well, as Troy makes his way down, maybe I can wrap this up with something insightful.
31:48I don't know.
31:49I mean, in the end, all these beautiful buildings in Hawaii and everywhere else, for instance,
31:54you know, the architects don't put them up.
31:57Thinking about function, they make them look beautiful and creative and imaginative.
32:01In the end, it takes guys who are willing to crawl into the little tiny places.
32:05I might have just broken another camera and do the dirty work, keep the windows clean,
32:09et cetera, et cetera.
32:10That's a heck of a job.
32:11Jamie, you're all right.
32:12You're sweet.
32:15I like Jamie.
32:17But not so much that I'm sticking around.
32:25His hair's getting caught.
32:26His what?
32:27His hair?
32:28Yeah, it's caught right now.
32:29His hair?
32:30Yeah.
32:30Oh, no.
32:31All right.
32:32Well, I thought we were done, but we're not.
32:34We're never really done.
32:35Turns out Troy's hair is caught in the SRT.
32:38How much of your hair is caught in the SRT?
32:40Over.
32:41It's right down to the scalp.
32:43Oh, no.
32:43If he goes down at all, it is scalping.
32:46He'll take a spot like that out of the scalp.
32:48All right, look, man.
32:49Seriously, it's very important that you don't touch anything and don't move.
32:51Stay still.
32:52If you move at all, you will be scalped like Cochise, like Geronimo.
32:57Do you have a knife on you?
32:58I already thought of that.
32:59I do not have a knife, nor do I have any blade of any sort.
33:02Otherwise, I'm going to cut my hair without mentioning it.
33:04The building manager's about to faint.
33:06Do you think the building's insurance policy will cover a haircut?
33:09Yeah, I think it will.
33:11Probably a perm, too.
33:13Are we shooting this?
33:15Oh, yes, Troy.
33:16As a matter of fact, we are.
33:18We are shooting the hell out of this.
33:20Over.
33:21Yeah.
33:21Frank's on his way right now, and he's got scissors, shears, and, uh, you know, he's a regular barber.
33:29I begged him to get a haircut.
33:30I told him to get a haircut six months ago.
33:33I told him I'd give him another haircut if he didn't get a haircut.
33:36Frank's given a haircut.
33:37You know, his head is caught in an SRT, and he's manipulating the camera.
33:42Troy, it's Mike.
33:43I know your hands are full, but if it's at all possible, hand the walkie to, uh, Frank.
33:47Frank, Mike wants to talk to you here.
33:49I'm going to...
33:50So, Mike, here's the walkie.
33:52I'm handing it off to Frank.
33:53Hey, Frank, how's it going?
33:54Could you describe, uh, what you see right now exactly, uh, vis-a-vis the SRT and Troy's hair?
34:00Over.
34:00Uh, he's got about five inches of hair all twined up all into the ropes and the SRT.
34:06And the SRT, again, is the device that has the, uh, the orangish-red handle and controls everything, basically.
34:14Is that correct?
34:15Over.
34:15Roger.
34:16It must use a lot of conditioning to get it caught in there real easy.
34:20It's smooth, isn't it?
34:21Flaxen like a baby's hair, almost.
34:23Or a small girl's.
34:23Over.
34:24You got that.
34:25It's nice and shiny.
34:26Okay, well, please do what you can to, uh, to get him down with as little blood loss as possible.
34:3110-4.
34:31I'll get him down for you, Mike.
34:33Thanks.
34:34That rope is...
34:35The hair is just doing this inside of there.
34:38Every single window cleaner's done it.
34:39That's why we all have short hair now.
34:44Oh!
34:46Ow!
34:46Ow!
34:46Ow!
34:46Ow!
34:46Ow!
34:47Ow!
34:47Ow!
34:47Ow!
34:47Ow!
34:47Ow!
34:48Ow!
34:48Ow!
34:48Ow!
34:48Ow!
34:49Ow!
34:49Ow!
34:50Ow!
34:50Ow!
34:51Ow!
34:52Ow!
34:53Ow!
34:54Ow!
34:55Ow!
34:56Ow!
34:57Ow!
34:58I've seen guys get scalped.
34:59Talking like the size of a quarter, silver dollar.
35:01Yeah, yeah, silver dollar.
35:02Just popped right out.
35:03Just pull it right out.
35:04Oh!
35:05Oh, dude.
35:06That hurts, man.
35:07Yeah.
35:08A little bit more.
35:09God!
35:10Oh!
35:11Oh!
35:12Oh!
35:13Oh!
35:14Oh!
35:15Oh!
35:16Oh!
35:17Oh!
35:18Oh!
35:19You're free.
35:20He's free.
35:21Is he okay?
35:22Is he bleeding?
35:23Oh!
35:24Oh!
35:25I managed to get him out of it without a drip of blood.
35:29Honestly, Frank, you could have been a surgeon.
35:31Come down safely, please.
35:32Both of you.
35:33Over.
35:34Coming down.
35:35We introduced Roy earlier, the general manager of the building.
35:38This is his dog.
35:39I didn't know how we were going to find a way to get him into the show, but I knew somehow
35:44we would have to.
35:45This is Splinter.
35:46Splinter?
35:47Yes.
35:48That's his little tail.
35:49That's his tail?
35:50Yeah.
35:51I'm not saying this dog's ugly, but I mean, make a train take a dirt road.
35:58Are you kidding me?
36:00You're doing a nice job.
36:01Come on down, Frank.
36:03Here we go.
36:04Well, Splinter, I've got some good news for you.
36:07We're going to have to change your name.
36:09Troy Splint.
36:10Troy Splint.
36:11From the building manager, to his incredibly hideous dog, no offense, to an incredibly clumsy
36:17but intrepid cameraman, to a guy and another guy, to Dino and Frank, who together with the
36:23rest of this crew here, are keeping these buildings clean.
36:26This has been a decidedly weird day.
36:28No, it wouldn't have been right without a good rescue at the end of the day.
36:30It really wouldn't.
36:31And I'm just glad we found a way to get this creature into the show.
36:34Let's go home, everybody.
36:35What's that word that starts with P?
36:37Pal-hana.
36:38Pal-hana.
36:39Pal-hana time.
36:41This time we're really done.
36:43Good grief.
36:48Coming up, when did you first realize, Mike, that tight spaces would become such a big part
36:51of Dirty Jobs?
36:53A viewer's letter takes me to a little pit of pain.
36:56The other nice thing about the brine tank is it's impossible for anyone other than a
37:01hobbit or perhaps a wood elf to stand fully erect.
37:04Ow.
37:05It's never-before-seen footage.
37:07Next.
37:14You know what this is?
37:16This is another insightful letter from another loyal fan named Herb DiMaggio who writes,
37:21Dear Mike, I've noticed you've done several specials in the past on tight spaces.
37:25I understand why.
37:26The image of you jamming your ample frame into various nooks and disgusting crannies
37:31is what my wife likes to call TV gold.
37:35Ample frame?
37:36When did you first realize, Mike, that tight spaces would become such a big part of Dirty Jobs?
37:40And is your frustration in these cramped situations?
37:44Sincere.
37:45Fondly, Herb DiMaggio.
37:46Of course it's sincere, Herb.
37:47Everything I do on this program is sincere.
37:50Your questions, however, I believe are best answered with some footage that is never before
37:55aired on Dirty Jobs.
37:57The footage in question was shot in this cement pit where they make the salt water for the
38:02Shark Reef Aquarium located inside the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas.
38:07We were there a couple of years ago to clean this dirty hole out.
38:10So down there is basically this white cakey stuff.
38:14Is it brine?
38:16It's stuff that didn't precipitate out of our salt mix.
38:19Mostly like calcium and other minerals.
38:21All right.
38:22And how often is this particular hole cleaned?
38:26About once every six months.
38:29Okay, good.
38:30Good.
38:31So, Herb DiMaggio, as I descended into this little cell block, I remember thinking that
38:40we'd already done this job before.
38:41We hadn't, of course, but all of the similarities.
38:44The ladder.
38:45The little hole.
38:46The boots.
38:47The uncomfortable safety equipment.
38:49Chris, this safety harness is gonna absolutely kill me.
38:52I'm so sick of getting hurt by safety.
38:55Herb, I was seeing my dirty jobs future flash before my eyes.
38:59No, I really need this thing off me.
39:01Give me a hand, would you?
39:02And it was an uncomfortable, cramped future.
39:05Full of pain.
39:06Curse this.
39:09Welcome to the Brian Pitt.
39:11D.V.
39:12Gold?
39:13That's not what I call it.
39:15Hello.
39:16Brian Pitt.
39:18This is an integral part of the operation.
39:23Here at the aquarium, they essentially make their own salt water.
39:28It's very expensive to bring salt water in.
39:30And that involves a softening process.
39:32And then there's a carbon process.
39:34And then it goes through a bunch of pipes.
39:36Then tons of salt are added.
39:38Anyway, it comes through this brine tank.
39:40And every six months or so, it has to be cleaned up.
39:43And of course, it involves a man going down into a hole.
39:46And ultimately, buckets will be brought to him.
39:51I got it.
39:52And then, yeah, there'll be a shovel.
39:55Yeah, I got it.
39:57There we go.
39:58It's basically the gist of it.
40:00The actual process clinically and technically of how salt water is made
40:05and it's something I can't really begin to explain to you right now in person.
40:09But that did hurt.
40:10I'll tell you that.
40:11There are these things down here.
40:12I also can't explain those either.
40:14But when you stand up quickly and run one right into your spine, you'll remember it.
40:18Basically, all this stuff, brine is, oh, they're salty for sure.
40:29Probably toxic.
40:31I'll let you know.
40:34The other nice thing about the brine tank is it's impossible for anyone other than a hobbit
40:39or perhaps a wood elf to stand full of your rack.
40:42So what I'm doing here is this partial sit squat thing.
40:45It couldn't be less comfortable.
40:47It just works on your knees and your quads continually.
40:50You get to move around here kind of like this, right?
40:54Like a disabled duck.
40:56It's unspeakably painful.
41:04Ow!
41:05Once again, I can't stress enough how hard the iron is in this particular attachment.
41:09Every time I smash my head into it, it makes me angrier and angrier.
41:13I don't know what's more annoying, smashing my head into this or crushing my spine into the other.
41:18Again, I'll get back to you.
41:20Ow!
41:21****
41:22****
41:23****
41:24****
41:25****
41:26****
41:27That hurt.
41:28You know, I'd be so happy to trade in this worthless harness for a hard hat.
41:31Chris, I'll give you $100 for a hard hat.
41:33Alright.
41:34Two minutes.
41:35I don't have that kind of time.
41:36But thank you, though.
41:41Here's a suspicious-looking hole.
41:43Hey, Chris, what's this hole here down right in the center of the ceiling?
41:48Oh, it's actually a pipe.
41:50Yeah?
41:51It's a van.
41:52Yeah.
41:53You want it clean?
41:54Sure.
41:55Go ahead and scrape it out.
41:56You got a fancy tool for that?
41:58What I'm doing right now is cleaning more calcium deposits in brine from this pipe that runs
42:09right into the brine tank to facilitate this particular job I've been given a proprietary
42:15tool.
42:16I've had it for about 43 years.
42:19Cleaning the brine tank at a fancy aquarium in the middle of the desert, that's a dirty
42:29job.
42:30Well, we've come to that point in the series where I'll do virtually anything to get your
42:36attention.
42:37And, once I've succeeded, I will do what I always do.
42:40I will beg you to go to discovery.com forward slash dirtyjobs to suggest my next dirty adventure.
42:46Until that happens, we have no ideas.
42:50And anything could happen.
42:53Okay, stop that.
42:55Do the swivel hips thing.
42:57Mike, listen, in standard greenhorn fashion, I want to make sure that you're prepared for
43:07keeping your clothes clean in the oven, you know.
43:10That is super thoughtful, Dave.
43:13There you go.
43:14Yeah, what makes you think I'm not already wearing two?
43:19All right, that's me doing my own audio.
43:23.
43:27.
43:31.
43:35.
43:39.
43:40.
43:41.
43:42.
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