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00:00This is my girl. This is my job.
00:05I explore the country looking for people who aren't afraid to get dirty.
00:09No, don't put on the brakes.
00:11This whole putting it in gear thing is very confusing.
00:14Hard-working men and women who earn an honest living.
00:16Stick your 4x4 through here.
00:19Well, it's not really as scientific as I anticipated.
00:21Doing the kinds of jobs that make civilized life possible for the rest of us.
00:25Oh, crap. I know, it's a bunch. Your mom would be proud.
00:28Now, get ready to get dirty.
00:35Coming up on Dirty Jobs.
00:38We're preparing for Mardi Gras, Alabama style.
00:41These are actually cow bars.
00:42And they're inflated.
00:43They're inflated.
00:44Up!
00:45We float down memory lane.
00:47That's the pig farmer.
00:48That's the pig farmer.
00:49What's this?
00:50Chimney suede.
00:50We did that too, season one.
00:52This is like our whole show.
00:54But the joke is on, guess who?
00:56It's exactly you.
00:57It's not me.
00:58I don't want to work.
00:59I just want to bang on the bladder all day.
01:02Want to be a folly banger?
01:04I want to be a folly banger!
01:06What's a folly banger, you say?
01:08Stay tuned.
01:11What's a folly banger, Phil?
01:11Oh, God.
01:12I want to be a folly banger, you say.
01:14Oh, God.
01:14Oh, God.
01:15Oh, God.
01:15Oh, God.
01:15Oh, God.
01:15Oh, God.
01:17No.
01:18Oh, God.
01:18Oh, God.
01:23Okay, so today I've come to Mobile, Alabama to inflate cow bladders.
01:30that's all they told me
01:31inflate cow bladders
01:33I believe
01:34they will
01:37assume a shape
01:39reminiscent of a
01:41balloon and I'm going to paint them
01:43this is all going to happen in the
01:45building behind me
01:46blue and white concrete structure
01:48with men inside
01:50who are a part of a secret society
01:52that have something to do with Mardi Gras
01:54I am currently short on details
01:56but brimming with curiosity
01:59let us begin
02:06alright
02:08that's unusual
02:09very unusual
02:11that's weird
02:12weird
02:19gentlemen
02:21gentlemen right
02:23Mike
02:25Dave
02:26Sheldon
02:27Pleasure
02:28Garen
02:29Garen with a G
02:30Sheldon and Garen
02:31Danny
02:32Danny
02:32Garen, Sheldon, and Danny
02:34Skip
02:35Garen, Sheldon, Danny, and Skip
02:37Dave
02:37Dave
02:38Garen, Sheldon, Danny, Skip, and Dave
02:40Arthur
02:41Arthur
02:42who's in charge?
02:43who should I direct?
02:45well
02:45I guess it would be me
02:47Danny
02:48Danny
02:48alright Danny
02:49what happened to your shirt
02:51we're a Mardi Gras organization
02:53so we have a good time
02:55and every year we have a mascot
02:57for our
02:58emblem
02:59or an emblem
03:00an emblem
03:00is this the emblem?
03:02that's Folly
03:04and he leads our parade every year
03:06on Mardi Gras day
03:07he's the emblem
03:08he's an icon
03:08he's the embodiment of what?
03:11the symbol
03:11he's the representation of the spirit of the organization
03:14the representation of the spirit of the organization
03:17right
03:17and the society
03:20what's it called
03:21that I'm in right now?
03:22the Knights of Reverie
03:23and we were organized in 1874
03:261874
03:27so this is our 137th year
03:30yes
03:30you haven't been here for all of me
03:32have you?
03:33get close
03:35it's hard to tell with the mask
03:36so
03:38why are you dressed as a surgeon sir?
03:40is there going to be bloodletting of any kind?
03:42no sir
03:42I'm dressed as a gas passer
03:45will gas be passed?
03:47probably so
03:48probably so
03:48I'm going to go ahead and conduct the rest of my interview down here
03:50if that's alright with you guys
03:52why the masks?
03:54we're a mystic society
03:55it is mystical
03:56I'll tell you that
03:57yeah
03:59okay
04:00alright
04:00so
04:00let's just talk briefly
04:03as if
04:04the people watching
04:05have no idea
04:06really what Mardi Gras is
04:07and
04:08and
04:08and why you would dress up like a court jester
04:10and
04:11what are those by the way?
04:13these are actually bladders
04:14that Folly carries down the parade
04:16and he beats
04:17the cup
04:18in the parade
04:19see this is
04:19this is why I'm saying
04:20there are a lot of things you're assuming
04:22a bladder from
04:24this is actually
04:25these are actually cow bladders
04:27may I touch them?
04:28certainly
04:28sure
04:30and they're inflated
04:31they're inflated
04:32and he bangs these
04:33hit them hard
04:34they'll take a beating
04:35you can bang them against the ground
04:36pop them
04:37come on
04:37come on
04:38come on
04:39really?
04:40come on
04:41there you go
04:42woo
04:43now bladders are very very sturdy organ
04:46pretty durable
04:47what happens if you inflate them
04:48like say a liver
04:49never tried a liver
04:50stupid question
04:51let's stick with the bladder
04:54all right
04:54so we've established
04:55these are tough
04:56let's them know you're coming
04:57you might be
04:58you might be
05:02god
05:07that's the idea
05:08I just get applause
05:09because the bladder came off the string
05:11right
05:12I love that
05:13all right
05:13so I'm starting to understand
05:15not really
05:16but
05:16okay
05:17a guy named Folly
05:18stands in a champagne cup
05:19and he holds a stick
05:20with some ropes attached
05:21thank you Dave
05:22hanging from the ropes
05:23are the bladders of bovine
05:24and he
05:25or she
05:26or is it always a he?
05:27no it's always a he
05:27girls forget it
05:28you're not
05:29girls
05:29these bladders are not for you
05:30I can't get
05:32hold on
05:32I'm going to set this down
05:33for just a second
05:34you need a mask
05:36maybe later
05:37are you upset
05:38you didn't pop it?
05:39I am
05:39I'm just
05:40I can't believe
05:41how sturdy the dag
05:42is
05:42is this
05:43breaking some sort of rule?
05:45no no you got it
05:46you got it
05:46go for it
05:46it's just going to shoot
05:48oh
05:49and that's what you're doing
05:53that's funny
05:55that thing's actually full of pee
05:57all right I'll do it again
05:58do it again
05:59I'd like you to try to stomp
06:01yeah I'm going to stomp
06:02I just wanted to see if it can take 215 pounds
06:05all right here we go
06:06you need a shoulder
06:07I do need a shoulder
06:09you got me?
06:10gotcha
06:11god
06:13I didn't hit it
06:14look at this cow's mate
06:16it's like a bionic cow
06:18here here here
06:19yeah
06:19yeah there we go
06:21hey
06:22hey
06:26that's the end side of a bladder
06:28I guess that's where football started
06:29I wouldn't touch that about
06:31why am I alarmed
06:32it smells a little like pee
06:33all right so
06:35now those are bladders over there
06:37hanging aren't they?
06:38so the job then
06:40for me today
06:40is going to be to
06:42paint some of these bladders
06:43inflate some of these bladders
06:45right
06:45and possibly
06:46for a very brief moment in time
06:48assume the role of folly
06:50we'd love for you to
06:51you said that you're the folly for this year
06:53right whenever you're folly
06:54you're in charge of the bladders
06:55I mean they're
06:55you've got to take care of them
06:57make sure they're blown up on time
06:59and then you got a little time frame
07:00where they have to dry
07:01so it's
07:01right
07:02yeah
07:02yeah
07:02kind of time things out
07:03all right so you'll be staying close with me today
07:05yes
07:05take me through the bladder process
07:07yes sir
07:08and uh
07:08is it fairly straightforward
07:10should I prepare myself for a long day of weirdness and intrigue
07:12or is it pretty
07:13it's a little different
07:16I don't think you've seen it anywhere before
07:17no no
07:19you're right
07:19but I also want to inflate these bladders
07:22in a very big way
07:24start in the kitchen
07:25trimming and purging
07:26I will follow you
07:26all right
07:27let's do this one
07:28trimming and purging
07:30that should be on a t-shirt
07:34oh it's lovely
07:36this is a lovely kitchen
07:37well this is where we do the purging
07:39and the trimming
07:40and the trimming
07:41so we need you to get some gloves on if you will
07:43where do you get the cows from
07:44from a meatpacking plant
07:46north of here
07:47and
07:49they're specially cut
07:50so they have long necks on them
07:52so we can fill them up with air
07:54and
07:54long neck cows
07:55oh
07:55long neck bladder
07:56the bladders
07:58what does the size of an animal's neck
08:00have to do with his bladder
08:01they're hard to get
08:02Dave give me a
08:04you're going to have to put this on
08:05all right
08:05now Dave and I'll tie you off
08:09thank you
08:09or Dave will tie you off
08:10no that's the sentence
08:11I didn't think I was going to hear all day
08:13now I understand why you wear the mask
08:18Dave's going to tie me off
08:19shouldn't be but a minute
08:20am I tied off
08:21yes sir
08:21you're good
08:21it's official
08:22this is the starting of the whole process
08:24we harvest about 200 of them
08:26you don't want a little bladder
08:27you want a big bladder
08:28well sure you do
08:29give me a good one
08:30this one's a good one
08:31that's a good bladder
08:32that's a good one
08:32because you got a long neck on it
08:34right
08:34right
08:35all right
08:36some fatty tissue I suppose
08:38correct
08:38so this is
08:39so we're going to incise here
08:41and ultimately
08:42we're going to excise
08:43excise
08:43we're going to take off
08:44all right
08:45you really are dressed right for this
08:47really you're the only one out of this
08:48except for the mask
08:50but this whole
08:50the whole look is just
08:51it's a work issue
08:53I'm going to leave you
08:54with these two capable guys
08:55I'm going to get the paint booth set up
08:57with these two capable guys
08:59very capable
08:59all right you're going to set up a paint booth
09:00and we will reconnoiter
09:02at a time and not too distant future
09:04very short
09:04all right
09:05all right
09:06you need to rinse first
09:07all right
09:07there we go
09:10put them over here once to rinse
09:11yes sir
09:12that'd be fine
09:14all right
09:15good
09:15so Dave I may have already asked you
09:17or somebody before
09:18but the average folly goes through
09:20how many of these in a parade
09:22they're three tied to a stick
09:24and you try to get 60 sticks
09:27so you need at least 180
09:29that's why we'll start with 200
09:30maybe 250 bladders
09:31and you being a big guy
09:33you're banging hard
09:34you're going through more
09:35than you ever followed
09:36yes
09:36talk to me if you would
09:38about the
09:38the anatomical juxtaposition
09:41of the bladder
09:42vis-a-vis the
09:44bovine beneficiary
09:45all right
09:46it sits in the cow
09:49this
09:49your bladder
09:50this is the part of the
09:52what I would call the bag
09:54that fills up with the urine
09:55uh-huh
09:56and this is the part
09:57where the kidneys dump
10:00urine
10:00they make urine
10:02and it goes into these tubes
10:03uh-huh
10:04and it goes into
10:05and fills up
10:05into this bag
10:07when the bag is full
10:08it sends a signal
10:09to the animal
10:10or the human's brain
10:12it says
10:12I need to relieve myself
10:14yes
10:15with all due speed
10:15then this goes to the outside
10:18of the animal
10:19where it removes the blood
10:21removes the urine
10:22inside the blood
10:23so this is sort of
10:24upside down then
10:25it would be sitting
10:26if the cow was facing forward
10:27this would be more or less
10:29how the bladder is
10:30excuse me Gavin
10:30look
10:31let me be the cow for a second
10:32okay
10:35I'm a cow
10:36where's that bladder live
10:39oh lord
10:39about in this area
10:41right
10:41like so
10:42about
10:42and that's how
10:43that's proper orientation
10:44yes
10:45just the
10:46next to the kidney
10:48between the two kidneys
10:49between the kidneys
10:49in the middle of the body
10:51right
10:54if you've just joined us
10:55it is as weird as it looks
10:59coming up
11:00join me
11:01for arts and crafts
11:01it's like kindergarten
11:02cutting within the lines
11:04this ain't like kindergarten
11:05what'd you do today
11:06well it started with the cow
11:08and some men with masks
11:10and later
11:11it begins with the letter F
11:12and rhymes with heart
11:15it's like a musical instrument
11:24so down in Mobile, Alabama
11:26there's this secret society
11:27of masked men
11:28who in their spare time
11:30get ready for Mardi Gras
11:31by inflating cow bladders
11:33once complete
11:34these beautiful painted bladders
11:36will be thumped and banged around
11:38creating a cacophony of noise
11:40during the festivities
11:41believe it or not
11:42it's a job
11:43and we are currently
11:44washing these bladders
11:46in an effort to empty them
11:47of their prior contents
11:49basically that's what we're doing
11:50we're just washing the urine off
11:51we're taking the urine
11:52out of the bladder
11:53trying to get as much out
11:55as we can
11:57very distinct smell
11:58it is
12:00it is
12:00you probably don't smell it anymore though
12:02no
12:02we used to use pig bladders
12:04but they aren't big enough
12:05and they aren't as consistent
12:06as cow bladders
12:07these are pretty clean
12:08once you commit to
12:09inflating the bladder
12:10of an animal
12:11I would imagine
12:12you know
12:13it's no big shakes
12:14to go from species to species
12:15well this process
12:16has changed the last 10 years
12:18uh huh
12:19where it's a lot easier today
12:20than it was 10 years ago
12:21different follies come in
12:23and add their own
12:23little touch to it
12:24right
12:25wait until you see
12:26how you have to blow this up
12:28you're going to like that
12:29I had a nickel for every time
12:30I've heard that to you
12:31hey where are the scissors
12:32no I have a roll of quarters
12:34and then
12:36you take the scissors
12:37pulling as much of the fat off
12:38as you can
12:39you don't want to nick the bladder
12:43and then you take it
12:44and what happens
12:45if you don't trim all this off
12:47it rots
12:48and it stinks
12:50so you try to trim them
12:52as much as possible
12:54to get all the fat off
12:56that you possibly can
12:59and that
12:59my friend
13:00is a bladder
13:01is a trended purged bladder
13:03that's it
13:04so I mean
13:05there's got to be
13:06a little pee left in there though
13:07correct
13:08there has to be
13:09that's for the blow up people
13:10to explode
13:11alright
13:11cause no matter how hard
13:12you shake these things
13:13right
13:14you think you can do one solo
13:16I'll try
13:17sure
13:17start towards the back
13:18right here
13:19correct
13:20give it about an inch
13:21there you go
13:22it's like kindergarten
13:23cutting within the lines
13:25let me tell you something
13:26this ain't like kindergarten
13:29as a kid came home
13:30from this kindergarten activity
13:31my guess is mom and dad
13:33would be calling
13:34a parent teacher conference
13:35pretty quick
13:36what'd you do today
13:38well it started with a cow
13:39and some men with masks
13:41you're getting the hang of this
13:42I'm getting it
13:42you got 197 left
13:45we're gonna give you a degree
13:46when you're done today
13:47101 bladderology
13:48I think I already got
13:49the third degree
13:51that's a pretty bladder
13:52thank you
13:53so far it's my favorite
13:54alright this is the tube
13:55you gotta be careful
13:56now surely there's a more
13:58technical name for the tube
14:00the ureter
14:00the ureter
14:01watch your tube
14:04I always watch my tube
14:05Gary
14:06let me see this for a second
14:07I want to show this
14:08see what I'm trying to do
14:09I'm trying to cut
14:09right around that
14:12ureta
14:12ureter
14:13ureter
14:14alright
14:15I don't want to nick the ureter
14:16because when we're
14:17inflating these
14:18that could be
14:18a place for the air
14:20to escape
14:21the bladder will not inflate
14:22that's right
14:23so I'm gonna come up around
14:24just north of that
14:28you almost did it
14:29see how you did that
14:30you cut across the head
14:32too close
14:32if you cut
14:33too much of this off
14:34you will weaken the wall
14:36of the bladder
14:37which is what happened here
14:39when you blow this one up
14:41this is gonna shoot out the wall
14:42see how thin it is
14:43it's gonna shoot out the hole
14:45the air's gonna go there
14:45as opposed to
14:46if it was like that
14:48it's got this protective covering on
14:49right
14:50are there really 200 of these things
14:52I guess yes
14:53this is the most tedious
14:54of the whole process
14:55that's good to know
14:56you're actually getting the hang of it
14:57within an hour and a half
14:58you'll love it
14:59this will be good
15:00you won't need us
15:01what a thoughtful Christmas present
15:02this would be
15:03instead of stockings
15:04hung by the chimney with care
15:05bladder
15:05how about a nice inflated bladder
15:07hanging there for the kitty
15:08actually the bladders
15:09people try to get them
15:10on the mardi gras route
15:11because it's one of those
15:13icons
15:13mardi gras
15:14nice memento
15:15sure
15:15don't let it drop
15:16don't let it drop
15:18you'll get the urine everywhere
15:19oh
15:19that is one pretty bladder
15:21it is a beautiful
15:22beautiful bladder
15:25so
15:25now we go
15:27to trim them more
15:28to blow them up
15:29now you're gonna get a blow up
15:30we're gonna
15:31the inflatable station
15:32the inflatable station
15:35how's that for a tease
15:36coming up
15:37it's time to wet the whistle
15:39I'm impressed
15:40I am impressed
15:41but you're in for a surprise
15:43don't get a siphon on it
15:44you don't want to do that
15:45get it
15:46you're in
15:47that's right
15:47all that peat
15:48come flying straight down
15:49my well-muscled throat
15:50and it's the battle
15:52of the bulges
16:04I'm gonna take a wild guess
16:05and assume this is
16:06the inflation station
16:07this is
16:08you can put it right here
16:09in the middle
16:09alright we'll do that
16:12alright thank you fellas
16:13yes sir
16:14we've kind of prepared this
16:15because prior to compressors
16:18this is the way
16:18we had to do this
16:19we didn't know
16:20if you could possibly
16:21oh manually blow the thing
16:23manually blow it up
16:24I'll have a go at it
16:25sure
16:26I've got the
16:26castration ring on there
16:29well let's back up
16:30a little bit
16:31I remember these
16:34I know some sheep
16:35that remember these
16:35pretty well too
16:36so you guys take
16:37a castration ring
16:38and you put it around
16:39we use it to actually
16:40hold the bladder on
16:42alright but we're not
16:42gonna go there yet
16:43we're not gonna go there
16:44we'll see if you can do it
16:45like they did in the olden days
16:49there it goes
16:52actually that's pretty good
16:54I'm impressed
16:54I'm impressed
16:55I am impressed
16:59don't get a siphon on it
17:00you don't want to do that
17:03that's right
17:03all that peach
17:04I'm flying straight down
17:05my well-muscled throat
17:06I can get in here
17:08and tie it
17:08yeah
17:09and you can just
17:09what you'll do
17:10is pull that out
17:11alright wait a minute
17:12we'll have a platter to go
17:13should be a little more in there
17:14oh yeah
17:14as tight as you can bear
17:23alright that's good
17:24now pull the thing out
17:26if that thing blows up my face
17:27that'd be awkward
17:29oh I feel a bit lightheaded
17:32this would be a very long day
17:33you know we never really
17:35did it like this
17:35but I thought that would be
17:36kind of fun
17:37oh well good
17:37as long as you're amused
17:41we're in good shape
17:44where do you go with that
17:45oh he's coming back
17:46we hang them up
17:47in the pain booth
17:48and let them dry
17:50Frank right
17:50I'm Frank
17:51you're Frank right
17:52and you're Danny
17:52Frank and Danny
17:53Frank and Danny
17:54F and D
17:54Danny and Frank
17:55okay so what we need to do
17:56is we need to get you
17:56on the other side
17:57you're going to hold the bladder
17:58and then we'll flip flop
17:59okay
18:02alright so what we're going to want to do
18:03is you've got to find that hole first
18:05find the hole
18:05isn't that always the step one
18:10right neighborhood
18:11wrong house
18:12there we go
18:12now what we're going to do
18:13is we're going to put the
18:14castration right
18:16there you go
18:17like this
18:19so we've got the castration ring on
18:22but that's not enough
18:23to keep it solid
18:23that's not enough
18:24that just kind of holds it
18:25while we get the string on
18:27so right behind the castration ring
18:29and come on down
18:30fairly tight
18:31alright so what I'm going to do
18:32is I'm going to lay a little layer
18:34to it gradually
18:35but you want to kind of spin it
18:36as it starts blowing
18:37because you'll see weak spots
18:40right
18:41where it could possibly blow up
18:43you want them as big as you can get them
18:45right
18:46see we've got a tough spot right here
18:48that does look like a new spot
18:49starting out with a tough bladder
18:50so we have my
18:55okay this one we've got a little
18:57little bleeder on
18:59yeah I'm pretty sure that could be an issue
19:02let's be very quiet
19:03see if we can hear that sound
19:12this one is whoever cut it out of the cow
19:14not do a good job
19:15yeah that was
19:16that was not Dave's fault
19:17that was somebody at the slaughterhouse
19:18exactly
19:19alright so let's go with another one
19:20so let's try it out
19:28yeah we got a good one here
19:30looking good
19:31looking good
19:32you can tell it's real
19:33because of the veins
19:36that seems to me
19:37looks chewy doesn't it
19:38I wasn't going to go
19:39quite there Danny
19:40but it certainly does appear to be full
19:43ah we got more on this one
19:44really
19:46you can remember beating them
19:48they're tough to
19:50can be tough
19:50see now here are the two
19:52well you're right
19:59I pushed out
19:59I'm a little too far
20:00I really thought
20:02I thought we were right there
20:03to the edge
20:04I was bringing literally minutes
20:06have you done this before
20:07I was bringing all my many minutes of experience
20:09to the proceedings
20:10to suggest that that
20:12alright we gotta get a good one
20:13alright
20:13yeah we're 0 for 3
20:15we're 0 for 3
20:16you know
20:16in many national pastimes
20:18we'd be out
20:21that does give you a start though
20:22when they blow up
20:24I didn't see that coming at all
20:26I didn't see that coming at all
20:26uh oh listen
20:27now we gotta believe it
20:28here we go
20:29that one we can say
20:30alright
20:39it's like a musical instrument
20:42alright so what we're gonna do
20:43is we're gonna get in there
20:46this is good
20:46this is right up there
20:47with the weirdest thing
20:48I've seen all morning
20:51alright
20:51Frank I'll let you
20:53do the honors there
20:54can you see what's happening
20:56there was a
20:57it's a leaking ureter
20:58the ureter was leaking
21:01and so Danny came in with a hemostat
21:03and then Frank came in
21:04right there like Marcus Welby
21:05tying it off
21:07salvaging the bladder
21:10look at you
21:11okay
21:11we'll get to go
21:12alright so we say
21:14this one
21:14pull out
21:14and I'm gonna tie it
21:15as you pull out
21:18now
21:18if you'll give it to Frank
21:19he'll go in there and hang him
21:20I'll go in
21:20alright
21:21let it dry
21:22our first bladder
21:22this is
21:23Frank
21:24this is a memory
21:25that nobody can ever take away
21:26from me and you
21:27we've got it
21:28pretty special
21:28pretty special
21:28me and me
21:29people are gonna say
21:30well where were you
21:31when you saw Mike and Frank
21:32tie that bladder off
21:33right here
21:34your first bladder
21:36first bladder
21:37Mobile Alabama's
21:39Mardi Gras Festival
21:40is the oldest annual
21:41carnival celebration
21:42in the United States
21:43began in 1703
21:45while Mobile
21:45was still a French colony
21:47a full 15 years
21:48before New Orleans
21:49was even founded
21:55the nights of revelry
21:56start with about
21:57250 bladders
21:58and after losing
21:59losing about 30%
22:00to errant scissors
22:01explosions
22:02and various other
22:04mishaps
22:04they'll end up
22:05with around
22:06180 bladders
22:07hung on the clothesline
22:09with care
22:09mhm
22:10veiny
22:12yeah this does look good
22:14that's sad when you start
22:16admiring
22:17cow bladders
22:18it's just
22:19it does
22:20maricose
22:21almost
22:22yeah it's kind of like
22:23blowing up a different
22:24kind of shaped balloon
22:25every time
22:25they're like snowflakes
22:28full of
22:29full of
22:31pee flakes
22:32yeah I think
22:34that's pretty darn good
22:35I do feel
22:35that's a pretty black
22:36I feel that that's
22:37a handsome
22:38handsome blader
22:39I would be proud
22:39to beat this
22:40against the cup
22:41alright
22:41pull out
22:42here we go
22:44nice jacked up
22:45pinata
22:46he's got a lot of
22:47pressure
22:47so just
22:48a ton of pressure
22:52easy
22:53uh oh
22:57let's hear some of that sound
22:59for a second Frank
23:11somebody cranking up a motorcycle
23:14we can save this one doctor
23:16come on stay with me
23:21yeah
23:23that's a good save
23:23that's a nice blader
23:24I don't know that I
23:25push this one much more
23:27well it depends
23:27on how much
23:28you might like
23:29you wouldn't
23:31you wouldn't
23:31I might invite you
23:32to trade places with Frank
23:33and then we can
23:34continue our conversation
23:35oh I think it'll take
23:36a little more too
23:37a little bit more
23:41uh oh
23:41another one
23:42there we go
23:44let her ride
23:45let me
23:46I want to hear her
23:47talk to me
23:47yes
23:48feels like I'm doing
23:49something
23:49when it's talking back
23:57should be a new use
23:58for bladder
23:59I got big plans
24:00for this bladder
24:02I think this bladder
24:03likes me
24:03all right
24:12there we go
24:13oh no
24:16all right
24:17tire off
24:18I'm sorry
24:20didn't they tell you
24:20I'm like eight years old
24:23it's all coming back to me
24:25all right
24:26all right
24:28it may take a little bit more
24:35I swear I swear
24:36I swear I really
24:37is there a way to save it
24:38doggone it
24:46this one may have a hole
24:47gentlemen
24:49that doesn't seem natural
24:50oh god
24:51look like an alien
24:54oh yeah
24:55oh look what happened
24:56we totally tore the bottom
24:58out of the thing
24:59there's
24:59it's like a truck
25:00there's your hole
25:03we
25:03all right
25:04well that was
25:04destroyed a perfectly good one
25:06that was done
25:07we did some good work on that
25:08we did some good surgical work
25:10and all for naught
25:13all right
25:14well we're learning some valuable lessons
25:15you want to go again
25:17somewhere near the top of the list
25:18don't let me
25:19into your
25:20super secret facility
25:23hearing
25:24I'm liking what I'm saying
25:25this is looking good
25:25yeah
25:25I don't hear a lot of
25:28awful flatulence
25:32that might be
25:37I swear I was turning it down
25:39when it went
25:40and that fine misty urine
25:42hung in the air
25:43like parpoom
25:50that might be
25:52say when
25:52I got a little bit more
25:55I feel brave
25:56do you?
25:57all right
25:58that's good
26:01that's a nice looking blatt
26:03oh yeah
26:04very nice blatt
26:05thank you
26:06you should see my spleen
26:07you think the cow
26:09ever got to the point
26:09where its bladder was that full
26:11and at that
26:12you know
26:12how bad would you have to pee
26:13to have that kind of
26:14I wouldn't mind having a bladder that day
26:16I wouldn't mind either
26:18as long as everything else was to scale
26:22there we go
26:24Danny
26:25oh look at that
26:26that's just beautiful
26:27you hang it
26:28and off we go
26:28so once we've beaten this in the ground
26:30we're then going to go back there
26:31and paint the ones that have been drying
26:33right
26:33yeah
26:35coming up
26:35if you paint one bladder
26:37they might as well paint them all
26:41yeah I'm going to
26:41I'm going to run a stick through Doug
26:43and later
26:44tis the season
26:45to be folly
26:46I'm a folly hanger
26:47all right
26:56once upon a time
26:57that air hose was black
26:59today it's silver
27:00and I assume in a few moments
27:03everything else in here will be as well
27:05Garen you are armed with a compressor of some sort
27:08it's a paint gun
27:09loaded with aluminum paint
27:12aluminum paint
27:14that's got to be
27:15it can't be good for you
27:17no
27:19if you're keeping track of the stupid questions
27:21I've asked so far today
27:22go ahead and add that to the list
27:25which is why of course we're all
27:26we're all dude it up here
27:27head to toe
27:29head to toe
27:30all right
27:30so it'll be you and I doing this
27:32you and I doing the paint
27:33we started at the sink
27:34and now we're here
27:34this is one of the final stages
27:35that's it
27:36it's all come back around
27:37for me and you
27:38yes it has
27:39very symmetrical
27:39today it's just me and you
27:41mano mano
27:41and we're going to
27:42I'm going to show you how to do it
27:43and then it's going to be all yours
27:44and I'll give you a few tips
27:45and as we go along
27:47that's what I live for
27:48constant tips
27:49and positive reinforcement
27:51you got to get a little silver
27:52that's not silver
27:53that's aluminum
27:54well it's aluminum
27:55it's toxic
27:55are you ready
27:56one of the first things you do
27:58is you get it like that
28:00and then you come around
28:02in a circular motion
28:07that's the bottom
28:08and then
28:10the twistingers you go
28:12you need to see another one
28:15I got to say
28:16as tutorials go
28:18that was fairly thorough
28:19I think I got it
28:22a little bit like that
28:23a little bit like that
28:25big old bladder
28:26keep it fairly even
28:28you don't want to touch the bottom like that
28:29I don't want to touch it like that
28:30no I want to hold it up here
28:31give it another hit like that
28:34what do you say
28:38you did alright
28:39that's what I'm shooting for
28:40these have been drying
28:41for about a week
28:42yep
28:44and that's the optimal time to wait
28:46well
28:47sometimes longer
28:48all depending on the weather
28:50but you cannot paint them
28:51until they're dry
28:52if you paint them
28:52when they're still wet
28:54disaster
28:54it's a disaster
28:55now we don't want to keep them
28:56from touching each other
28:58you want
28:59I mean you want to keep them
29:00from touching each other
29:01what a huge difference
29:02that sentence makes
29:03do to don't
29:04right
29:04it's almost opposite
29:09see
29:10that's why people hate me
29:11a lot of people do hate me
29:12for that
29:12the people write me and say
29:14so smart alecky
29:15why would you take that tone
29:16I'm not offended
29:17well see
29:17you can't see
29:18I'm smiling under here
29:19I said that in jest
29:20but people are bound to be
29:21pissed off
29:22good I'm glad
29:22after all we've been through
29:23I hate to think
29:25I angered you
29:31there you go
29:31let's move on
29:32to another one
29:36you know
29:37that looks like a strawberry
29:38that looks like a bear
29:39now these bladders
29:40actually looks like a heart
29:41it does
29:42yeah
29:46Mike you got the hang up
29:51that's right
29:53you're coloring outside the line
29:55but it's working
29:55I'm developing my own technique
29:59that's what I'm doing
30:06you know I'm going to run a stick through Doug
30:08swing him around
30:09see what
30:10see what explodes
30:13okay we're on the last one Mike
30:14it's hard to believe
30:15what we started at this morning
30:16and where we've come to today
30:17isn't it
30:18I'll be honest with you
30:19I don't believe much in anything anymore
30:20but I do know this
30:21this will conclude
30:22the bladder painting portion
30:24of the segment
30:27well as Dave explained earlier
30:28it's time to take the stick
30:31and the rope
30:33and attach them to the blouse
30:36exactly
30:36alright what's the process then
30:38well what we're going to do
30:39is we're going to tie
30:39actually just run this through
30:41one through each end
30:43one end is going to go
30:44you know
30:44I used to go around the wrist
30:46and the other end
30:48we're going to add
30:48we're going to make it
30:49to where we can tie three
30:50onto it
30:51I see
30:51so the trick first
30:53is to thread this
30:54through this darn hole
30:57almost impressive
30:58almost impressive
30:59you take your time
31:00I'm going to play
31:01with my stick and my rope
31:02for a bit
31:02I just do a simple knot
31:04do you?
31:06there
31:07just do that on both ends
31:10so that's my wrist side
31:11and then we need to do one
31:12for the other side
31:12about the same size
31:18okay
31:18let me get this rope
31:19I swear I've done more
31:20scissor work today
31:21than I think maybe
31:22I should vacation
31:24to Bible school
31:24typically
31:25the Knights of Revelry
31:26build Folley's balloons
31:27about a month before
31:28Mardi Gras
31:29it takes a crew of 12
31:31six days
31:31to create the 200 balloons
31:33needed for the parade
31:34the point is
31:35while you're out there
31:36you know
31:36Folley banging
31:37right
31:38is that the proper use
31:39of the
31:40is it a verb
31:40well you know
31:41we would call it
31:44batter blanging
31:45banging
31:47bladder blanging
31:48not blanging
31:49but banging
31:49we never have had
31:51to really call it
31:51anything
31:52it's just Folley
31:53with his bladders
31:54you know
31:56Folley on a bladder
31:56well look
31:58the language
31:58is a tricky thing
31:59Folley banging
32:00does
32:00I mean I get
32:01it suggests you're
32:02doing a thing
32:02but you could also
32:03be banging Folley
32:04beating the bladder
32:05beating the bladder
32:06that sounds fine too
32:07that's what we do
32:08that's fine
32:09beating the bladder
32:09what I've taken
32:10from all this
32:11is we want
32:11these tides
32:12and these ropes
32:12exactly
32:14that's it
32:15in some form
32:15or fashion
32:16that assures
32:16they will remain
32:17secured
32:18until such a time
32:19comes
32:19they explode
32:20you've got it
32:21Mardi Gras
32:22just takes a blast
32:23a lot of people
32:24don't realize it
32:25you know
32:25here in Mobile
32:26they all want to
32:27go to New Orleans
32:29well I mean
32:30is there a difference
32:31you know
32:32honestly I think
32:33Mobile's a lot
32:34more family friendly
32:37we're ready to go
32:38we're ready to go
32:39you ready to
32:40bang some Follies
32:42you want to be
32:43a Follie Banger
32:44I want to be
32:45a Follie Banger
32:50coming up
32:50what happened to this guy
32:51you see the resemblance
32:52just the nose maybe
32:53well the torso
32:54certainly doesn't look
32:55like mine
32:56man that's weird
32:57what's that
32:58oh dear
32:59I discover a dirty
33:00little secret
33:00that's what you pee in
33:02I believe the streets
33:03of Mobile
33:03are running
33:04with urine
33:13well I'm going to
33:13take a wild guess
33:14and assume
33:14that's the champagne
33:15cup we were
33:16talking about earlier
33:17that's it Mike
33:17and that's
33:18that's sad face
33:20right
33:21right
33:22right
33:22is that what you
33:23called the sad face
33:24or is it
33:24well it's comedy
33:25and tragedy
33:26that's right
33:26that's the tragedy
33:28and the
33:29and a comic guy
33:30yeah
33:31but he does have
33:32a twinkle in his eye
33:33he does
33:33so the Follie Banger
33:35once properly attired
33:36will crawl into the top
33:37of the cup
33:38and off you go
33:39off we go
33:40beating the rim
33:41of the cup
33:41and the moons
33:43beating the moons
33:46with your bangers
33:47now the
33:49what's the official
33:50name of this float
33:50the official name
33:52this is our emblem float
33:53the emblem float
33:53yeah the emblem float
33:54the emblem or the
33:55Follie float
33:56is always in the
33:57vanguard of the
33:57parade
33:58correct
33:58and following
33:59the Follie
34:00or a series
34:01of other floats
34:01that are somehow
34:02or other built
34:03we haven't determined
34:04or learned quite yet
34:05how that is achieved
34:07exactly
34:07we come up
34:08with a new theme
34:08every year
34:09and then we just
34:10go from that
34:11and what is your
34:11theme this year
34:12our theme this year
34:13is dirty jobs
34:14come on
34:14really
34:15yeah
34:15yeah
34:16seriously
34:17dirty jobs
34:17now let me ask you
34:18a scout's honor
34:20were you going to do
34:21a dirty jobs
34:22theme
34:23parade
34:24whether we came here
34:25or not
34:25yeah
34:25we were going to do it
34:27so you were committed
34:28we were committed
34:29well this is indeed
34:31a very flattering moment
34:33for your humble fake host
34:35and behind us right here
34:36this is your barn
34:38this is the float barn
34:39where we have all the floats
34:40built for every parade
34:41every year
34:42hence the name
34:43float barn
34:44you got it
34:44I see
34:45are the floats themselves
34:46constructed in the barn
34:47yes sir
34:48and who is responsible
34:49primarily for doing that
34:50uh steve mussel
34:51steve mussel
34:52let's go meet steve mussel
34:54sure
34:54is it steve mussels
34:55or muscle
34:55muscle
34:56you just got the one muscle
34:58steve
34:58it's the one muscle
34:58you're
35:01Mike how are you
35:02hey Mike
35:02nice to meet you
35:03good and uh
35:04you're another guy
35:05behind the map
35:05but I've met you
35:05mark
35:06you're mark
35:07yes
35:07behind the mask
35:08now so you
35:09you were
35:10you're going maskless
35:11because you're a builder
35:12of floats
35:13for many different societies
35:15I do five parades
35:15in my meal
35:16five parades
35:17you must be an extremely
35:18talented builder
35:19I have a very good crew
35:21or you just got rid of
35:22the competition
35:23in some sort of
35:24nefarious way
35:24we don't want to get into
35:25right here on tv
35:26no I won't talk about
35:27that right now
35:28hey this is familiar though
35:29that's uh
35:30that's an exterminator
35:31who inspired the uh
35:33the titular character
35:36Mark Calmed is the designer
35:37okay
35:38this man right here
35:39all right
35:41secret
35:42secret number
35:43so much for the secret
35:45disguise
35:45Mark Calmed
35:47this guy certainly
35:48just doesn't get
35:48the whole concept
35:49I'm out
35:50I'm out
35:51party's over for Mark
35:53time for the initiation
35:54again
35:56all right
35:56so I mean
35:57you want to just
35:57kind of walk
35:58and show off
35:58some more of this
35:59as we go
36:00this is uh
36:01shrimp
36:02so it's shrimping
36:03we've done that too
36:04so so far
36:05we're reflecting
36:06the shrimping industry
36:08and mobile
36:08and uh
36:10the need for externation
36:11okay
36:12what's
36:13what happened
36:14to this guy
36:14uh this guy
36:15is a figure
36:16from a previous year
36:17we took his torso
36:18and used it
36:21stand next to that
36:22will you
36:22oh you see a resemblance
36:24no
36:25Doug you know what
36:28why's it always
36:28got to be about that
36:33it's not me
36:35just the nose maybe
36:37in the
36:40what's he doing
36:41he's got one
36:44come forward a little
36:46in the light
36:47why am I doing this
36:48just because you're
36:49telling me
36:49they were talking
36:49about doing a caricature
36:50of you so now
36:51we have a base
36:51I think you're done
36:53I think you're done
36:53I agree
36:55well
36:55the torso
36:57certainly doesn't
36:57look like mine
36:58this is a plumber
36:59a bathtub
37:00with leaking pipes
37:01there's a monkey wrench
37:03and a plunger
37:04ingenious
37:05I love this one
37:06that's a pig farmer
37:08yeah
37:08this is like
37:09our whole show
37:10just unbelievable
37:12I'm gonna look
37:13at this one here
37:13Mr. New Dad
37:14oh the guy up front
37:15changing the bank
37:16he's holding a diaper
37:17we did that story
37:18we did a diaper guy too
37:19what's happening here
37:20he's an auto mechanic
37:22this is not the most
37:23flattering angle
37:24what's this
37:25chimney sweep
37:25god we did that too
37:27season one
37:27it's at the coal miner
37:28we did the coal miner
37:29love the coal miner
37:31did that in
37:31I think it was Pennsylvania
37:32that's weird
37:33what's that
37:33that's the doorway
37:35oh dear
37:35no I'm not looking
37:36at the doorway
37:36I'm looking at that
37:37we don't talk about those
37:38what is that
37:39that's what you pee in
37:41I know exactly
37:42what this is
37:43so you're in here
37:44you've been in here
37:45all day
37:46you're up top
37:46you're throwing beads
37:48whatever you're doing
37:49you come down here
37:50that's what you pee in
37:51no that's in case it rains
37:53rain just goes through that
37:55that's it
37:55you know something
37:57that's ingenious
38:00do I dare ask the builder
38:02where the urine goes
38:03it goes in a bucket
38:04does it
38:08you won't wear that
38:12aren't you sorry
38:12you didn't put that mask on
38:15I don't see a bucket
38:16well they're not there
38:17they've been empty
38:18I believe the streets
38:19of Mobile are running
38:21with urine
38:24streets of gold
38:25the nights of revelry
38:27and the work they do
38:27contribute to the economy
38:29of Mobile
38:29and the surrounding counties
38:31in a big way
38:31it's like a dance in Turkey
38:32the Mardi Gras festivities
38:34draw an estimated
38:35one million visitors
38:36to the area
38:37which provides
38:38an economic impact
38:39of 400 million dollars
38:40every year
38:41well that's great
38:41so
38:43you're the folly
38:44for the year
38:44can I see an outfit
38:46I don't think I can fit
38:48in yours
38:48but you know
38:49we have one
38:50that will probably fit you
38:52right around the corner
38:53alright
38:54let me slip into some velvet
38:56and I'll see you
38:57in a cup of champagne
38:58in a moment
38:59banging folly
39:05what you're seeing right now
39:06is a full-fledged folly
39:08in full-fledged
39:09folly banging mode
39:13and what you see right here
39:14is
39:15well it's me
39:16sweating like I haven't been sweating
39:18in a while
39:19Danny's going completely bananas up there
39:22in fact this just blew off a second ago
39:23Danny you realize you've lost a bladder
39:27that's okay
39:28alright
39:28fun for me to come up there
39:30switch places with you
39:31certainly
39:31love for you to
39:32climb up to the moon
39:34I think you'll be fine
39:35climbing up a moon
39:37can't say it's the first time
39:38that's happened
39:47this is perfectly positioned
39:48to impale me
39:52whoa be careful
39:54it's not going well so far
39:58let me try that again
40:01crap
40:03I kind of jacked up the moon
40:05that's okay
40:06it can be thick
40:07my apologies to the builder
40:10I'm sorry about that
40:13you got it
40:16there you go
40:19this
40:21this strikes me as dangerous
40:23borderline foolish
40:26well then again
40:27I'm dressed like a folly
40:29so right
40:30what's keeping this up
40:31I'm not totally convinced
40:33well
40:34our builder has
40:35really reinforced this
40:36he's got a
40:37steel rod
40:38coming up through here
40:38so you're fine
40:40is that true
40:40you got a steel rod
40:41six inch pipe
40:43with a four
40:44four by four flange
40:45welded to the deck
40:47wow
40:48you can't
40:49you can't break
40:50all right
40:51so where's my bladders
40:52you want to work
40:53all the way around
40:53the cup beating those bladders
40:55all right
40:55go ho
40:56smack them around
40:57gotta hit them all your night
40:59there you go
41:00all right
41:01all these crazy cares
41:04thieves everywhere
41:07I'm a folly banger
41:08all right
41:09that's a good job
41:10that six inch pipe
41:13just went right in the bad place
41:14come on back to mobile
41:18check out the actual parade
41:20and the dirty job float
41:22it's gonna be great
41:23nights of revelry
41:24just a sneak peek
41:25at what you'll see
41:26show is over
41:28a bit hard being a folly
41:31yeah it's me and doug
41:32three hundred feet up in the air
41:33trying to come up with a new and exciting way
41:36to ask you to suggest our next dirty job
41:38we got a helicopter behind us
41:40we got a radio tower we're trying to put up
41:42we're all rigged up in a way that's frankly
41:45nothing short of death defying
41:46all of this
41:47in an attempt to get you to go to
41:49discovery.com forward slash dirty jobs
41:51and suggest our next dirty adventure
41:53preferably something that doesn't require us to sit in each other's lap
41:57if that's cool of you
41:59discovery.com forward slash
42:02dirty job
42:03would i take my pants off
42:04for this
42:05ah you'll have to put tights on
42:07this thing looks amazing
42:08you know i'm gonna be in this for a while
42:11we're gonna need some
42:13photos
42:14god this head's bigger than mine
42:17no hold on
42:19holy crap
42:22you need this up
42:23no i'm good
42:24okay
42:26i think i'm good
42:29i think i'm good
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