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00:08I explore the country looking for people who aren't afraid to get dirty hard-working men and
00:19women who earn an honest living doing the kinds of jobs that make civilized life possible for the
00:27rest of us well look at that you know that thing or you can crap in it and set it
00:32a fire now get ready
00:37to get dirty coming up on dirty jobs gather around my friends tis the season to go back to one
00:50of our
00:50favorite places the McCluskey Clubhouse at the Fair Oaks farm in Indiana for our first ever holiday
00:56extravaganza whoa whoa oh there you go on the menu juicy turkey cranberries on the side gently squeeze
01:08it like a little zit all the wine you can drink a little more wine perhaps oh look at that
01:15flew
01:15right out of the bunghole and hit the camera plus that time-honored holiday classic the nutcracker
01:20sweet oh oh there's a lot of pain oh man I'd give like a lot of money for some stirrups
01:27oh god
01:41ho ho ho ho merry non-denominational all-inclusive festive time of year ho ho ho and welcome to the
01:54first
01:55best ever dirty jobs holiday extravaganza oh no who are we kidding right been wanting to do this for
02:05years network has been asking for something big for the end of the year we were going to pull out
02:10all
02:10the stops but there have been some budget cuts well all around deciding the times I suppose I've got to
02:17get this back by midnight or they'll charge me for a second day we did get an elf which is
02:22nice
02:24I suppose one gets what one pays for what we do have however in copious quantity are memories memories
02:33of the men and women who we've met over the years who best embody the holiday spirit and we're going
02:41to reconnect with a few of them tonight and we're going to start with baggage handlers because let's
02:47face it if you want to get home to roast your chestnuts on an open fire with friends and family
02:52across the country somebody has to do the the heavy lifting I read somewhere that bags fly for free
02:59let me tell you something take it from Santa there's nothing free in this world bags are heavy
03:05as you'll soon see are you a talking elf the holidays can be a stressful time to travel especially
03:15if you lose your luggage have to walk around grandma's house in your underwear Shane Petty at the Kansas
03:20City airport is going to show me how to prevent that from happening so how's it work you grab a
03:24bag
03:26you look at a tag figure out where it's going yes it Indiana Indianapolis that's close close which one's
03:34that going be this right here well so far I think I I think I'm getting it well grab another
03:43bag I'll
03:43tell you where it goes besides that one sorting baggage how hard could it be that's going Indianapolis
03:51this looks like it might be going to Denver right so we don't want that one because that goes up
03:55there
03:55there's 71 flights a day into this terminal at Kansas City International that's 71 departures and 71
04:01arrivals to sort each baggage handler is responsible for nine flights per shift but handlers who finish
04:09their flights early help others with theirs how many versions of you are down here five of us I have
04:15Baltimore bags on here right they're going through Indy why is that not on the board because it's on
04:19somebody else's board when all these bags come off in Indy they'll take those bags put it on the plane
04:24going to Baltimore Tampa we don't want that yeah you don't no we want that yeah we want that sure
04:29we do it goes right over there he said it over here it's a confusing business Shane I gotta say
04:33I just want people to understand the miracle of actually getting your bag that's an app it's I mean
04:38I'm thinking how could it go wrong the real question is how can it go right so where where is
04:42the proper
04:43spot for this ball back on the belt during the busy holiday season the airlines can service over two and
04:50a
04:50half million passengers a day in America alone which puts extra pressure on baggage handlers
04:55how you doing Mike Andy pleasure all right this is good right here pleasure's all yours you're gonna
05:01load some bags what'd you just hit me with knee pads don't need those when a man hit you with
05:07knee pads
05:07hop on in all of a sudden it's becoming very clear to me how I'm going to use these knee
05:15pads
05:21okay obviously you can't stand up unfortunately once they start the belt it doesn't stop till we're done
05:27all right so the bags have started and it seems to be more of them than I thought
05:33we got two guys down there feeding them to us and Andy is this is this basically how it goes
05:38this is basically how it goes all right how do you slow this thing down do you work faster
05:45but this is awful if you look at it from the standpoint of beats working in a factory or
05:51something like that I don't know man you're in the belly of a plane throwing people's personal items
05:58here and there and everywhere people are watching this right now thinking gosh should I bring the
06:03extra pair of shoes don't bring the extra shoes now if you were a real new guy you're probably getting
06:10yelled at about now well feel free to yell at me I can take it what am I doing wrong
06:15you're doing
06:15it right you're just not doing it fast enough it wouldn't be uncommon if this line was full
06:19especially toward Christmas that we would put 150 in there so how many bags have you seen in your life
06:25it's hard to even imagine a few I would say so oh oh oh watching those men work so hard
06:36makes Santa a little thirsty but really where would the holidays be without a little good cheer Santa wanted a
06:44butler he got a bar ski maybe now he can get a little wine and make a little more wine
06:50perhaps maybe some wine
06:52that's actually drinkable from our good friends over it where were we that time
06:58Starmont winery
06:59long before you ever take a sip of that fine wine with your turkey dinner there's been a complex process
07:12which involves harvesting and separation of the grapes
07:15then the pressing and fermentation and eventually aging the wine before it's bottled Sean Foster of Starmont winery is going
07:23to show me how to bring the holiday spirit
07:25or spirits right to your table so we're pumping right now what is it a white chardonnay chardonnay
07:31what's this work this looks like the gas station basically yeah so it's uh called us a filling wand
07:36and uh goes in through the bunghole
07:39I beg your pardon
07:40it goes that's uh that's called a bunghole
07:43shut up
07:44really
07:45yeah
07:46why
07:47because that's where the bung goes
07:49what's the bung
07:50the bung is the the seal that seals the the barrel
07:54you're a winemaker
07:56yeah
07:56you wouldn't pull my leg
07:57I'm not kidding
07:58I'm shoving the filling wand into the bunghole
08:00at this very moment
08:04we need to make sure that we don't overfill the bung
08:06the barrel
08:07ah
08:09and
08:10you're basically shining a light into the bunghole
08:13that's pretty much what we're doing
08:14to make sure the fluid inside the barrel doesn't come flying out of the bung
08:20right
08:23oh
08:24there we go
08:24oh I put a head on it
08:26yeah
08:26nothing worse than a head on your bung
08:29full
08:31there you go
08:32that
08:32oh dear
08:34sorry
08:35first barrel
08:37mostly full
08:39that's the idea right
08:40yep
08:40okay
08:41so
08:42go ahead and
08:43fill its uh
08:44fill its mate here
08:46violate another bunghole
08:48yep
08:48that goes in like so
08:51and stop
08:52oh dear
08:53uh oh
08:54look at that
08:55flew right out of the bunghole
08:56and hit the camera
08:59that's awkward
09:00what I just cost you here
09:01yeah
09:02probably about ten bucks
09:03that was a ten dollar glass of wine
09:04yeah
09:05oh man
09:06this is gonna be good
09:12hello bunghole
09:15okay
09:15oh
09:15oh
09:17that's full
09:18I am so sorry
09:20can I get a round for the house
09:23I don't know about you all
09:24but I think this is going pretty well
09:25when we come back
09:26we'll find another festive corner
09:27the McCloskey
09:29bunkhouse
09:29and the show will continue
09:30up to Oregon
09:31for some cranberries
09:32and then over to Pennsylvania
09:33for some gourds
09:34and finally of course
09:35we'll figure a way to get the staples
09:36out of this dog's head
09:37there's a good dog
09:38yes you are
09:42well there you go
09:43see no staples
09:45coming up
09:46well you look like an elf
09:50it's time to talk turkey
09:51Romero
09:52what happened here
09:54it's our first ever
09:55warm and fuzzy
09:56holiday special
09:58here she comes
09:59oh jeez
09:59you're ready
10:00coming right at you
10:01at full gallop
10:03oh there's a lot of pain
10:04but it's exciting
10:05and it's fun
10:06but there's a lot of pain
10:14welcome back to the first ever
10:16dirty jobs
10:17holiday
10:18extravaganza
10:19no there
10:19you know
10:20studies indicate
10:22an unmistakable
10:23and exponential rise
10:24and a clear and present
10:25correlation between
10:26an individual's willingness
10:28to creatively decorate
10:31his or her home
10:32slash bunkhouse
10:34with heightened levels
10:35of holiday cheer
10:37and that's true
10:38I wouldn't make it up
10:38I do recall vividly
10:39the first time I went to
10:41Meadowbrook
10:41Gourds
10:43and got a look
10:44at this little beauty
10:45holy crap
10:46I said to myself
10:46what better manifestation
10:47could there possibly be
10:49for Thanksgiving
10:50or Christmas
10:51or New Year's
10:52or Hanukkah
10:53or Kwanzaa
10:53or what have you
10:54than a hollowed out
10:55gourd with a light
10:56on the inside of it
10:58give this a look
10:58and see if you don't agree
10:59these stripes are solid
11:03me neither
11:05Meadowbrook Gourds
11:06in Carlisle
11:06Pennsylvania
11:07is the largest maker
11:08of handcrafted gourds
11:10in the world
11:10they sell over
11:11150,000 crafted gourds
11:13a year
11:14and half of those
11:14are sold in the holiday season
11:16between August
11:17and December
11:19this is what they look like
11:20before they're cleaned out
11:22you pull any of it out
11:23or just go right in with it
11:24you don't need to pull any of it out
11:25the water itself
11:26you want to have
11:27a good dribble on it
11:28or it's actually going to fly
11:29it comes to the wall
11:35that's what happened
11:37a lot of pressure behind it
11:39we have anywhere from 1,600
11:40to 1,900 pounds of pressure
11:45you're going to get your hand out of there fast
11:47I am hurt
11:47yeah it does
11:48what's it worth to you
11:49basically to watch out
11:50the inside of the door?
11:51this one here
11:52you're going to get about
11:5327 cents apiece to wash out
11:55so if you wash 50 of them
11:57right there you're already at $13
11:58yeah
11:5950 of them
11:59should take about 15-40 minutes
12:02some of these boards
12:03hang over the bottom
12:04that's about any more points for boards
12:06okay
12:10what are these going to be by the way?
12:13this product here is actually going to be an angel
12:15or a snowman
12:16it's for QVC
12:19I'm laughing
12:20I know QVC
12:21I know QVC
12:23I know QVC
12:25I know QVC
12:26welcome back everybody
12:28our next item
12:28thank you Dave
12:29is being brought to me right now
12:31as you can see
12:32it's a Santa Claus made out of a gourd
12:35it's a good looking Santa
12:37you get a nice tight shot here
12:38you can see Santa's actually knotted off
12:41and here we have a scarecrow head
12:43trademark corn jutting from underneath his hat
12:46and he's smiling
12:47it is difficult
12:48nay impossible
12:49to find an unhappy gourd
12:51here at Meadowbrook
12:53we've seen Frosty many times
12:54you know the corn cob pipe
12:56butt nose
12:57couple eyes
12:57made out of
12:58well in this case two small slits
13:00they didn't go with the coal
13:01but the top hat is there
13:02you can get the pair
13:03for $38.29
13:06and you can also spread that out
13:08in nine convenient payments
13:10a dollar nine
13:13say hello to Angela
13:14Angela is an angel
13:16and I think it's obvious
13:17at a glance
13:17there's no mistaking
13:19this little beauty
13:20or what she's all about
13:21just take a look at that face
13:23she's $46.99
13:26how do you say no to a heavenly host
13:28at this time of year
13:3314 ball in the side pocket
13:36that is unfortunate
13:38but perhaps fortuitous
13:39you see
13:40to really get the right level
13:41of holiday spirit
13:43you can't rely just on decorations
13:45you have to have the right food
13:46and what food is more right
13:47for the holidays
13:48than cranberries
13:49you see they're red
13:50like the pool table
13:52oh Santa loves a good segue
13:56Ron Poole owns Cape Blanco Cranberry Farm
13:59in Port Orford, Oregon
14:00where it's harvest time
14:01so we'll string all of these together
14:05there's basically two ways
14:06to harvest cranberries
14:07wet or dry
14:08dry harvesting uses a revolving
14:11toothed rake machine
14:13that looks kind of like a huge lawnmower
14:15wet harvesting typically removes
14:18about 98% of the fruit
14:19with dry it's only 80%
14:22and with dry harvesting
14:23you don't have the fun
14:24of standing around in ice cold water all day
14:26state of the art
14:2821st century
14:29ok Mike
14:30now take your rope
14:31and put it through
14:32the hole in the flat part of the boom board
14:35hole in the flat part of the board
14:36yep on the back side there
14:38got it
14:40well you'll want to take your end
14:42walk out towards the bog
14:43and down to me
14:44but stay out of the unbeat fruit
14:47outside of the stick
14:48yeah outside of the sticks
14:52it's hard to imagine
14:53but Ron
14:54usually does this job by himself
14:57our destination is the elevator
15:00this basically looks like a set of stairs going up to nowhere
15:06we have it captured
15:07we're ready for a truck
15:08you got a truck?
15:09we have a truck
15:13yeah bring it a little closer down
15:15so we hit the middle
15:16yeah why don't you go ahead and back up under it again
15:20a pump sends the water through these jets
15:22which push the fruit onto the elevator
15:25and you clear the paddles
15:28and that's just about the speed that we're looking for as well
15:30Americans consume about 400 million pounds of cranberries every year
15:3520% of those during the holiday season
15:38come on cranberries
15:39about 95% of cranberries are processed into products like juice drinks, sauce and sweetened dried cranberries
15:46the remaining 5% is sold fresh to consumers
15:49I've made a little collection here of berries that you don't want to let go by you
15:54this is what we take out
15:56what's wrong with this one?
15:57if you gently squeeze it
15:59oh yeah
16:00it's actually beginning to ferment so they get juice inside of them from that
16:05it's like a little zit
16:08thanks
16:09sorry
16:12stripes for solids
16:13applesauce or cranberry sauce
16:15white meat or dark meat
16:17in the end the holidays are really about choices
16:19and when we come back we'll make them all for you
16:22and then Barsky Elf here will chew my food and feed me like a mother bear
16:26that probably won't happen
16:28oh yeah it will
16:30sweet
16:32coming up
16:33you're gonna suck with seafood
16:34that's correct
16:35it's turkey surprise on the menu today
16:38and I'll be honest
16:39I squeeze you suck
16:40always want to be a farmer
16:41it's not my favorite dish
16:43come on now
16:52in a perfect world
16:54everybody would have a Barsky Elf when it comes to food preparation
16:57of course the world isn't perfect
16:59and the business of getting our food to the plate is an immensely complicated chore around the holidays
17:04nobody knows that better
17:05than Tom turkey
17:08nice work
17:10his breath is terrible
17:14the turkey is the traditional centerpiece of a holiday meal
17:17so when everyone else might be thinking about stuffing or cranberries
17:21there's only one thing on the mind of a turkey farmer
17:24cause this is how we're gonna suck the semen out
17:25whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa
17:27I came to Oakdale Farms in Kensington, Minnesota
17:29to find out where holiday turkeys come from
17:32Paul Nelson may have taken us one step farther back than we needed to go
17:35what's this?
17:36this is where I'm collecting the semen into
17:39why's that in your mouth?
17:40so it creates suction
17:42to get it into the jar
17:43you're gonna suck the semen out of the bird
17:45that's correct
17:50are you ready?
17:51is the bird ready?
17:52we'll see
17:53so you pinch it off there
17:54and then squeeze from underneath
18:03he's done
18:04see your semen's going through this one
18:06but you're creating a vacuum through this hole
18:08they're connected separately
18:09so the possibility for the semen
18:11to come flying from the turkey
18:13right down your throat
18:14is slim
18:16slim
18:16that's why
18:17I told you to bring water
18:21we're gonna bring this up to the hen barn
18:22and inject it into the hens
18:24we don't freeze it?
18:24or are you right away?
18:25no, we have to use it right away
18:27it doesn't keep
18:30do it again
18:31okay
18:33pull his tail back
18:34oh dear
18:34in actuality
18:35if we were to let them do it naturally
18:37the hen's oviduct would come out
18:39he just basically drops it on
18:40he just drops his semen
18:42he just drops it
18:43but we're not doing it that way
18:44no
18:44no
18:45no, no we've got
18:46we've got a straw
18:47right
18:48I squeeze you suck
18:49always wanted to be a farmer
18:55okay
18:59weirdest thing I've done in a while
19:02next it's off to the hen barn
19:03where it's date night
19:04for some of these lucky ladies
19:06look at that gobble juice only
19:08that's great
19:10squeeze with your legs a little bit
19:11right there's the oviduct hole
19:13where the eggs are
19:14uh huh
19:14there's the poo hole
19:15all right
19:16watch out for the poo hole
19:17yes
19:17uh huh
19:19don't hit the poo hole
19:20let it go
19:24that's the goods
19:25that's the goods
19:26squeeze with your legs
19:28ah dammit
19:30that's
19:31a little bit on your leg there
19:32a little bit
19:33ah dammit
19:38ah dammit
19:38I dropped my sperm
19:40you can take a new one
19:42so what you're telling me is
19:43you hold onto this the whole time
19:45yep
19:46the whole time
19:47ah
19:47sorry
19:48you just shot it
19:49you just shot your load
19:50dropping loads right left
19:52first
19:53first time that's ever happened
19:54to me
19:59damn
20:00am i getting it right
20:04yep
20:05god
20:05look at that nasty looking eye
20:10get out
20:11that is foul
20:13got a little bit on your leg there
20:15dammit
20:17ho ho ho ho
20:19what could be
20:20more festive
20:21than the sight of a giant sippy straw
20:23being used to suck the semen out of the rectum
20:26of a condemned turkey
20:28ho ho ho
20:30santa's seen some things
20:32but that takes the cake
20:34i need that a bit more well done
20:37ho ho ho
20:40sometimes the stress of the holidays is just too much for turkey
20:44we went to cayote texas
20:45to take a look at the not so festive side of the season
20:48romero
20:51what happened here
20:52you don't know what it is
20:54it's a dead bird
20:55well i
20:56i pretty much had figured that out but i'm wondering what happened to him
21:02just died
21:03died by himself
21:05they just died on his own huh
21:07yeah
21:08you got a certain number they're gonna die here
21:10again how many do we have in here
21:13in this uh
21:14in this we got about 14,000 birds
21:19well it's not bad
21:20one out of 14,000
21:22are there more
21:23there's more around you have to go look at them
21:26pick them up
21:28well is that part of the job that you do too
21:29it is
21:30it is
21:30how many
21:31it is
21:31it is a daily task
21:36oh
21:37romero
21:38smells a little better
21:39out here
21:42three
21:43four
21:44five
21:45six
21:47seven dead turkeys
21:48that's seven
21:49where do we take seven dead turkeys
21:52going to the composting pile
21:53it's at the end of the farm
22:02oh
22:03oh
22:04god
22:06what in the hell is this
22:08we put the birds the dead birds here on layers and then we cover them with litter
22:13litter?
22:14litter and then they start the process of the compost
22:18what is litter?
22:20this
22:21uh
22:22this is litter?
22:23manure
22:24yeah
22:24oh it's manure
22:25what am I
22:26what am I standing in here?
22:27yeah
22:27what is that?
22:29well it's all
22:30drainage from the turkeys
22:31from dead turkeys
22:32liquid
22:33uh
22:34blood
22:35all the moisture
22:36coming in
22:37wait a minute
22:38see that one is blood
22:39see you can see it there
22:40I
22:41this all looks like tar to me
22:43that's blood
22:43oh yeah
22:44oh crap
22:45oh
22:45oh
22:46oh
22:46this is liquid turkey
22:48this is a turkey that's turned into a
22:50uh
22:50like a milkshake
22:52a turkey shake
22:53in the end
22:54you wind up with a fertilizer
22:55that people actually
22:57pay for
22:57but for my money
23:00it's still a turkey shake
23:04Santa says all good things to those who wait
23:07and Santa's been waiting
23:10much better bossy elf
23:12much better
23:13ho ho ho
23:14when we come back the uh
23:15Thanksgiving turkey will give way to the Christmas goose
23:17and some dromedaries will stop by for a little holiday humping
23:21should be fun
23:22you really are talented
23:29every year the president formally pardons a turkey
23:31and spares it from ending up his Thanksgiving dinner
23:33in past years pardoned turkeys were flown to Disneyland
23:37where they served as grand marshals of the parks annual Thanksgiving Day parade
23:41and then lived out the rest of their lives at Frontierland
23:44you know
23:54oh welcome back
23:55I should say to the first and last
23:56I would imagine Jerry Jobs holiday extravaganza
23:59it occurs to me that
23:59no celebration of the holidays really could hope to be complete
24:03without spending a fair amount of time on the importance of food
24:05you know
24:06and uh
24:07given that
24:08I think we're just gonna keep running with what we got
24:10and by running
24:11I mean
24:11by literally running
24:13we'll be
24:13chasing geese
24:15up in uh
24:16Ohio
24:17fantastic dirty job
24:18and since
24:18this turkey scoots is already cooked
24:21it's like a sensible thing to do
24:23you know
24:24that's good elf
24:25the Santa's good elf
24:27yes you are
24:29Santa's favorite elf
24:34in England
24:35around the time of Charles Dickens
24:37geese were
24:38plentiful
24:39and these birds were
24:40often served for holiday meals
24:42unfortunately
24:43by the 1960s
24:45the Canada goose
24:46one of the most common species of geese
24:48was at risk of extinction
24:50now due to changes in wildlife policies
24:53the Canada goose population is thriving
24:55but they still need to be carefully monitored
24:58through annual bird banding
24:59so today
25:00in the spirit of the holidays
25:02rather than eating
25:03these birds
25:04we'll be giving them an attractive gift
25:06a lovely bird band
25:08well obviously
25:09our
25:10our helicopter's in the air
25:12which is ironic
25:13because our birds are on the ground
25:15the birds are out in the marsh
25:16just over that group of cattails
25:17yeah
25:18we're gonna have to cut out through here
25:19and get the other crew coming from the other side
25:22seriously
25:22how deep is this
25:23well it's vegetation
25:24so it can't be too deep
25:25the Canada goose
25:27is notoriously bad at accepting gifts
25:30but that little quirk won't get in the way
25:31of our holiday generosity
25:34we're gonna try and flush them out
25:36we'll be giving a thoughtful gift
25:37to each one of these birds
25:39whether they like it or not
25:44go for the youngsters
25:45go for the youngsters
25:53it's a workout huh?
25:56met a lot of animals
25:57not a lot of weird things
25:59chasing a geese through a swamp
26:04not the dirtiest
26:06and not the weirdest
26:08but definitely
26:08in terms of cardiovascular
26:10right in the top one
26:11first things first
26:12we need to sex this bird
26:13sex the bird?
26:15okay good
26:15before the goose gets our bird band gift
26:18we get to know him or her
26:19a little better
26:20i'll show you one time and then
26:22i've seen this routine
26:23i know that's a boy
26:25what makes you think that's a boy?
26:26i had a 50-50 shot
26:27you had a 50-50 shot
26:28well there isn't anything there
26:30just say that that's a boy
26:32well it's a sad boy
26:32it
26:33it
26:35who has the bands?
26:37we're gonna band you little girl
26:39holy smokes
26:41yep
26:41ow
26:42what's the sharp thing
26:43that's slid through my pancreas?
26:45you gotta be a little aggressive
26:47look
26:47i have a bird pinned between my thighs
26:50and i've nearly got my thumb in its bottom
26:51how much more aggressive do you want me to be?
26:53yeah actually
26:54see that?
26:54oh dear
26:55bring me big bird
26:56i've been dying to see what makes that thing pick
27:01that was uh
27:02that was the goose i swear to god
27:04you bad goose
27:05and so the crotchety old bird gives us a little gift of a tone making
27:11as this somewhat warped holiday tale draws to a close
27:15i want some bad thing to go home
27:18oh you
27:19ho ho ho
27:20dog may be man's best friend but santa
27:23needs something a bit more
27:25mythical
27:27ho ho ho
27:28come on eat it
27:29good boy
27:32about 42 miles northeast of anchorage alaska
27:34you'll find the 60 acre williams reindeer ranch
27:37where about 130 of santa's mythical creatures
27:41frolic on the frozen tundra
27:42along with assorted elk, moose, buffalo
27:45and during tourist season
27:47thousands of camera toting looky-loos
27:49hoping to answer the age-old question
27:51do reindeer really know how to fly?
27:56larry
27:56what about it mike
27:57where are you from?
27:59alabama
27:59well that's what i heard
28:00a guy from alabama
28:01so you're the one buying
28:02i'm buying some reindeer today
28:03come on man what do you do with reindeer in alabama really?
28:05we help sign out
28:07okay
28:07we're exhibitable sign out
28:08you're just saying that because i'm dressed like a freaking elf
28:11well you look like an elf
28:15i'm having a day larry i'll level with you
28:17what are you looking for specifically in these reindeer?
28:20young ones that we can train
28:21we hook them to the sleigh
28:22fly
28:24like
28:25i'm trying to go with the metaphor
28:27hey you're going to see one fly today
28:29i guarantee
28:29fly right through me
28:31what are the odds of us actually getting one of these beasts in here for up close and personal encounter
28:35well what we say is
28:37we're ready
28:39where'd she come?
28:40you're ready
28:44there
28:45there he got her
28:45oh not yet
28:46now we got her
28:49so just be real still there don't move
28:51so i don't actually dently stick ya
28:53to make sure the reindeer are healthy
28:54veterinarian sabrietta holland takes a blood sample to test for disease
28:59then they're tagged for identification purposes
29:02there you go
29:03all done
29:04turn it off you go
29:06all right what's the wrong one?
29:07just gotta watch your face that sometimes don't
29:10come around with the antler and pull your eye out
29:11catch you right here and pull your eye out
29:13pull your eye out
29:14any body orifice
29:15any orifice you typically want to keep the reindeer antler out of ya
29:20yeah
29:21yeah
29:24yeah
29:25you can hear what this is
29:28fly away
29:29uh oh
29:30things didn't go well mike
29:31come here baby
29:33oh there you go
29:38could i?
29:39you want to catch this one mike?
29:40i think so
29:41okay get him the big one
29:42oh jeez
29:45well somebody has to reach in there and pull him out
29:47who could we get?
29:48you're doing pretty good there mike
29:50don't eat
29:50okay a little help
29:52yeesh
29:54perfect
29:55oh jeez
29:56look out
29:56sorry sorry
30:02whoa whoa whoa
30:03we're done
30:04we're done?
30:04yeah
30:06oh my boy
30:13that's a bad dog
30:16tryptophan makes sense of sleepy
30:18when we come back pipe organs and camels
30:21ho ho ho
30:29coming up
30:30well like i mean it
30:31well like i mean it huh
30:32yeah
30:32getting an organ ready for a holiday concert
30:35you've got to be gentle
30:37this is a wee pipe right here you've got to be careful
30:39but firm
30:39but this big son of a
30:40you know people are different but
30:50to me
30:51nothing personifies the holidays more
30:54than music
30:55really without music
30:57what would this season sound like?
31:00barsky off a little tune if you would
31:02that's perfect keep that going
31:04just the mere tinkling of bells
31:07can immediately change the atmosphere in a room
31:09barsky please bring it
31:11bringing the sound of the season
31:13if he can do that with a few bells
31:15imagine what he could do with those little hands on a big old organ
31:18if you're going to a holiday music program
31:20there's a good chance that a pipe organ will be one of the main instruments
31:24what you might not know is that to keep these amazing instruments sounding as majestic as they look
31:29it takes a lot of work by someone like colin walsh and his staff of organ builders
31:35all right so the drill here then is to is to take some of the pipes back to the shop
31:39to do whatever you do
31:40right
31:40and out
31:42now watch your head
31:43because this is an eight year project
31:45it was only necessary to take part of the pipes with us
31:48nice
31:49and these are really dirty
31:51and we'll take those out and hand them down to the boys
31:53you guys are backed up
31:55how many organs are you currently uh... refurbishing or repairing here?
32:00building three new ones and seven overall projects
32:03so are they broken? do they just need to be tuned? are they dirty?
32:08they just need to be cleaned and straightened out
32:10oh yeah it is kind of dirty in there isn't it?
32:12look in the mouth you can see down on the language how dirty it is
32:14look at what?
32:15the mouth
32:15it's called the mouth of the pipe
32:17the mouth
32:18the mouth
32:19the mouth
32:21the mouth of the pipe
32:22as you can see
32:23this pipe has a dirty mouth
32:25it's a dirty mouth
32:27oh no no
32:27that's not
32:29you gotta blow harder than that
32:30yeah you gotta blow
32:30blow like i mean it
32:31blow like i mean it
32:32yeah
32:34there you go
32:36oh whoops
32:37did i get you?
32:41it's nice the way you kind of whisper around the small ones
32:43like you heard them
32:46he's very jammed
32:47this little wee pipe right here
32:49you've got to be careful around his mouth you know
32:51you don't want to be you know blown too hard
32:54but this big son of a
32:57well i am
33:00ho ho ho
33:01if blowing the ash out of an organ in a sanctuary won't put you in the holiday spirit
33:06i don't know what will
33:08maybe a bouncy camel ride through the countryside
33:11ho ho
33:13ho
33:15ho
33:18in the nativity story
33:20the three wise men were most likely riding camels
33:23as they followed the star in the east
33:25at the oasis camel dairy in ramona california
33:28let's look and see what we have here
33:29nancy and gill wriggler helped me recreate some of the excitements of that famous ride
33:34all right
33:35let's ride some camels
33:36okay
33:37only the male camels are used for the rides
33:40it gives them an activity they enjoy doing
33:42and it gives the public an experience they will never forget
33:46i mean i certainly haven't forgotten my camel riding experience
33:50oh no
33:50nope not by a long shot
33:53so we give them a little bit of padding to make this a comfortable ride for them as well
33:57this is a tall camel to saddle it actually makes them a little bit
34:00oh babe a little bit more difficult to saddle just cause he's so big
34:04good boy
34:05nice
34:06you know nancy warned me that camels might buck
34:08there you go cowboy
34:09nice work
34:11she warned me that the saddle could slide off
34:14she warned me not to let go
34:17how you doing trisha
34:18i'm tall
34:19nice to see you you're enormous
34:21you're the biggest kid in school
34:22but nancy did not warn me about a particularly male experience
34:27i might have while my camel gallops at 20 miles an hour
34:31yeah
34:33yeah
34:40oh
34:42oh
34:42oh
34:42oh
34:42oh there's a lot of pain
34:43but it's exciting
34:44and it's fun
34:45but there's a lot of pain
34:47that was wonderful
34:50i
34:50beat
34:51you
34:52i
34:53hit
34:53your butt
34:55your butt right now
34:56let's go again
34:57no i think we've all made our point
34:59i think everybody's cool
35:00come on
35:01we can get another one
35:02further back
35:03no no no
35:04we'll get another one
35:05do you need another shot Dave?
35:06yeah i'd love one
35:07i said do you need one
35:08yes
35:08alright yeah we're done
35:10does that mean you're done
35:11no let's do another one
35:13easy easy easy easy easy easy
35:15you know there's a famous symphony by Tchaikovsky
35:17they usually play it around christmas time
35:19for some reason it came to mind as i sat there upon my camel
35:23don't know why
35:24a lot of pain again
35:26funny the way the mind works
35:35i think we get the point
35:46coming up
35:47i drink in the beauty with my eyes
35:49of some gorgeous holiday parade floats
35:52who hates parades?
35:54i do
36:06thank you
36:07i couldn't put a better welcome back to the dirty jobs holiday extravaganza
36:11we are celebrating in the only way that makes any sense for a program like this
36:15we're making noise and blowing things up
36:17firecrackers
36:18you gotta love them
36:19i've always loved them
36:20but i will confess
36:21after i spent a day making them
36:23i'll never look at them the same way again
36:25after that day in fact
36:26i'm just glad i can look at anything
36:28at all
36:33the chinese invented fireworks
36:34which people around the world
36:36still use to celebrate the new year and other holidays
36:39the ancients believed the noise and fire dispelled evil spirits
36:43today we use fireworks to help facilitate the uncorking and imbibing of copious amounts of alcohol
36:50albert knobloch
36:51of the little big shots in addison pennsylvania
36:53is going to show me how to make some of these explosive little bundles of joy
37:00that's a
37:01come on
37:02that's an ordinance
37:06okay it's dirty
37:07you haven't even started
37:10gets in the eyes too
37:11yeah when you take a shower tonight
37:12it's going to burn
37:14so why is it going to burn?
37:15the dextrin burns your eyes
37:17okay
37:20other than two part-time helpers
37:22albert does all the work himself
37:23most of what he makes is built to order
37:26but he does keep small stockpiles of the most popular items
37:31there you go
37:32commercial fireworks contain a powdery concoction of chemicals
37:36that produce bangs and whistles
37:37big booms come from flash powder
37:40once used for flashes and photography
37:42it's a combination of a fuel like metal
37:44and a chemical that feeds oxygen to fire up the fuel
37:50i'm blind
37:52i'm completely blind
37:55do you want to stop and clean your eyes out?
37:58well if
37:58well if
37:59how would that work?
38:00well we can uh
38:01you sprinkle some more charcoal in there?
38:03yeah we can take some clean water and you can
38:05wash them out and rub them out and they'll burn for a while and then eventually they'll quit
38:11there's something in my eyes i think it's called uh
38:14what is it called?
38:16dextrin
38:17dextrin
38:19dextrin
38:22oh that's much worse
38:24searing
38:25searing pain
38:26yeah
38:26huh
38:28ah
38:29i missed
38:30don't
38:30it's that fleshy thing in the middle of my face
38:34ah
38:35awful
38:36ah
38:37look at the
38:37what the heck is this?
38:39goggles
38:40well i would have given you maybe a thousand dollars for these a little while ago
38:43ho ho ho fireworks are fun
38:46you know what else is fun?
38:48parades
38:49everybody loves a parade
38:51santa especially loves parades
38:54but do you know who doesn't love a parade?
38:57i'll give you a hint
39:00that's right
39:01ten years ago i was the victim of a horrible circumstance
39:04i was living in new york city trying to drive home for the thanksgiving holiday
39:09and like many others i became hopelessly ensnarled in the macy's thanksgiving day parade
39:15it was traumatic
39:16i sat there sandwiched between two giant floats while my car slowly ran out of gas
39:24today i'll have my revenge
39:30it's not just a hatred of parades
39:32it's also an irrational fear
39:34probably like some people's fear of clowns
39:37that sense that something horrible is about to happen to me
39:40it's silly i know it
39:41i mean how much damage can rotting fruit and vegetables do?
39:49dirty
39:51maybe it's just me but sean do other people have an irrational fear of floats?
39:55uh you might say that
39:56this is sean and he's the uh production manager at phoenix decorating company
40:03you guys are responsible for a lot of the floats in the rose bulb parade
40:05we do about 20 to 25 every year
40:08all that rotten stinking fruit and vegetation has just been putrefying
40:13and we gotta clean it up
40:14it's good stuff
40:17thanks
40:24who hates parades?
40:26i do
40:37it's not just the floats that i hate but the cute cuddly little characters that inhabit them
40:43sure they're the stuff of storybook tales
40:46but for me they're also the stuff of nightmares
40:54who's laughing now?
40:56you know the holidays can be a stressful time for some people
40:59so if you feel yourself buckling under the weight of seasonal expectations
41:03take my advice
41:04find yourself an old parade float
41:06tear it apart with your bare hands
41:08you'll feel better about things
41:10i promise
41:10speaking of promises
41:13this will wrap up our first and probably last ever dirty jobs holiday extravaganza
41:18and i did promise at the beginning to manage your expectations
41:22this was to be a modest production and i think we delivered on our guarantee
41:26as barsky contemplates his exit up a fiery flue
41:31i'll leave you with this
41:32on behalf of him
41:33and me
41:34and everybody here at dirty jobs
41:36and everybody at discovery
41:37have yourself a great holiday season
41:39and do me a favor
41:39next time you see a fella out in the mall
41:41dressed up like this
41:43give him a smile
41:44a wave
41:45a wink
41:46a pat on the back
41:47if he's anything like me
41:49he's sweat through his fancy outfit
41:51he's exhausted
41:52and his beard smells like
41:54an old turkey
41:55ho ho ho
41:58hey bookey
41:59have a beard
42:01let's go
42:04yes now
42:05yeah
42:06yeah let's try that
42:07go up
42:09mike
42:10go ahead
42:16hey
42:17wait my yule log
42:18what are you looking at?
42:20yikes
42:20you're a nutcracker
42:22all right
42:22all right man
42:22you saw the yule log
42:25there ain't nothing to celebrate
42:30you good?
42:31Santa's freezing his s**t off
42:32to it
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