THE LENGTH OF AN HONEST DAY.
>> THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE A
DOOZY.
KENNEDY: THAT’S MY KIND OF
STUFF.
I LOVE IT.
JOINING ME TO DISCUSS THE NEW
SEASON OF DIRTY JOBS RETURNING
JANUARY 7, 7:00 P.M.
HOW AMERICA WORKS HERE ON THE
FOXBUSINESS NETWORK, IT IS MIKE
ROWE.
>> IS THIS TRUTH IN JOURNALISM?
YOUR CRUSHING GET.
KENNEDY: WHATEVER JOBS THEY
PRESENT YOU WITH LIKE YOU WANT
TO DO THIS AND YOU SAY NO X.
>> THERE ARE MANY I HAVE SAID I
WOULD RATHER NOT BUT MY ONLY JOB
ON THE SHOW IS TO TRY SO IF I
DID ANYTHING SMART IN THIS WHOLE
CRAZY CRUCIBLE OF SLIME AND
GRIME AND OVERTIME, CREATING A
FORMAT WHERE I WASN’T JUDGED ON
MY COMPETENCE OR ABILITY TO GET
A THINK CORRECT BUT MERELY MY
WILLINGNESS TO TRY SO MY ANSWER
WOULD BE YOU CAN’T SAY NO WHEN
YOU ARE HIRED TO SAY YES.
KENNEDY: WHEN YOU FEEL SICK
ABOUT SOMETHING, THAT’S WHEN YOU
KNOW IT’S GOING TO BE ON THE
SHOW?
THAT’S WHEN I VOMIT AND I AM
PROUD TO SAY I WAS THE FIRST
PERSON I BELIEVE TO VOMIT ON NATIONAL TELEVISION SEASON ONE
NATIONAL TELEVISION SEASON ONE
AND IT WAS SO SHOCKING, IT WAS
IN THE MIDDLE OF A STAND UP AND
I WAS ON A FISH BOAT AND TALKING
TO THE CAMERA AND I PAUSED TO
TURN TO VOMIT BECAUSE I WAS ILL
AND I FINISHED THE SENTENCE,
THEY COULDN’T CUT AROUND BUT
THEY PIXELATED THE VOMIT.
KENNEDY: YOU WOULDN’T KNOW WHAT
IT IS BECAUSE IT’S PIXELATED.
>> IT’S FLYING OUT OF MY MOUTH
AND IT’S LIKE YES.
KENNEDY: I’M GLAD THEY LEFT SOME
MYSTERY THERE.
[LAUGHTER]
I GOT TO GO TO DUTCH HARBOR,
THAT THING WHERE YOU MAKE YOU A HORN AND I GOT TO GO ON THE BOAT
HORN AND I GOT TO GO ON THE BOAT
BOAT, I FELT MIKE ROWE’S SPIRIT.
>> THAT’S PHIL HARRIS’ DRINK.
GOD REST HIS SOUL.
KAHLÚA AND REGRET I USED TO CALL
IT BUT IT’S IN THE 18th SEASON
AND I’M STILL SITTING THERE LIKE
A CHRISTMAS HAM SAYING JANUARY,
THE BERING SEA AND IT’S GREAT.
[LAUGHTER]
KENNEDY: IT’S BRUTAL THOUGH.
WE WERE THERE TWO DAYS BEFORE
THEY STARTED THEIR SEASON AND A MASSIVE STORM WAS COMING WITH 60
MASSIVE STORM WAS COMING WITH 60
FREAKING OUT.
WE TRY TO BEAT THE STORM, DO WE
STAY HERE?
A PLANE CRASHED IN DUTCH HARBOR
IN THE NEXT WEEK BUT BACK TO
DIRTY JOBS.
>> THOSE TWO SHOWS ARE SERIOUSLY
TIGHT, I WAS TRYING TO SELL
DIRTY JOBS IN 2003 AND WAS SEEN
LARGELY AS A TALKSHOW AND NOT ON
BRAND BUT THEY HAVE THIS OTHER
THING IN ALASKA SO I WENT UP TO
INVESTIGATION/HOST THAT.
KENNEDY: DEADLIEST JOB IN
AMERICA.
>> I THINK IT WAS CALLED
DEADLIEST SEASON AND WE DIDN’T
KNOW IF IT WAS A DOCUMENTARY OR
SERIES OR WHAT BUT A HELL OF A
YEAR.
SIX GUYS DIES AND WE GOT TO LOOK
AT THE INDUSTRY NOBODY HAD SEEN
BEFORE AND I THINK THAT’S WHAT
MADE THE NETWORK GO THERE’S
SOMETHING TO THIS NOTE TAKE TWO
UNSCRIPTED LOOK AT WORK AND 20
YEARS LATER .
KENNEDY: THE CAPTAINS, THEY ARE
SUCH CHARACTERS, NOTHING IS EVER
GOING TO CHANGE THEM MUCH WITH
SO ATTRACTIVE ABOUT THEM.
YOUR MENTALITY INFLUENCED MY
PARENTING.
I HAVE A 16-YEAR-OLD WAS A
JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND I TELL
HER, YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO TO
COLLEGE.
IF YOU WANT TO FIND SOMETHING
ELSE YOU LOVE COLLEGE ISN’T
GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE, YOU
DON’T HAVE TO GO.
A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE
CONVERSATIONS YOU’VE BEEN
ENGAGING PEOPLE IN FINDING
DIFFERENT WAYS OF WORKING IN
THIS COUNTRY.
>> THAT’S LIKE MY CHRISTMAS
PRESENT.
THAT’S SO NICE TO HEAR.
HE CAME OUT OF DIRTY JOBS, THE
WHOLE REASON FOR US TO SHINE A
LIGHT AT THE TIME, 2.3 MILLION
JOBS NOBODY WANTED, MOST DIDN’T
REQUIRE A DEGREE.
THIS MORNING I WAS TALKING TO
VARNEY, 11 MILLION OPEN
POSITIONS, RIGHT?
WE ARE STILL IN MONEY WE DON’T
HAVE AND CAN’T PAY BACK TO
PURSUE DEGREES -- THEY ARE SO
EXPENSIVE, 1.7 TRILLION IN
STUDENT LOANS, THAT WAS NEVER
THE INTENT OF DIRTY JOBS BUT YOU
DO SOMETHING LONG ENOUGH AND YOU
GET A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND
SOONER OR LATER SOMEBODY WILL
SAY WHAT YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT
SO-AND-SO OR SUCH AND SUCH?
THAT’S HOW THE FOUNDATION
INVOLVED IN WE GIVE AWAY 1
MILLION A YEAR TO PEOPLE LIKE
YOUR KID WILLING TO CONSIDER A
CAREER THAT REQUIRES MASTERY OF
A SKILL AND NOT ACQUISITION OF
WHAT YOU DO.
KENNEDY: MY NEPHEW HAS DONE THE
SAME AND WENT THROUGH JOB CORE,
HE LOVES IT.
HE’S TRULY FOUND HIMSELF AND WE
TALK ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME.
HOW AMERICA WORKS RIGHT HERE ON
THE FOXBUSINESS NETWORK.