MIKE ROWE: Hi.
My name's Mike Rowe, and this is my job.
I explore the country, looking for people who aren't afraid
to get dirty, people with the world's dirtiest jobs.
Today, I'm looking for the dirtiest job on Sesame Street.
OSCAR: Hey.
I'll show you the dirtiest job on Sesame Street.
MIKE ROWE: Yeah.
Who are you?
OSCAR: Well, if you must know, Mr. Dirty.
I'm Oscar the Grouch.
MIKE ROWE: Well, you certainly appear to be living up to your
name, Oscar the Grouch.
Tell me what kind of dirty job do you do exactly?
OSCAR: Well, I'm in trash.
I collect it.
I sort it.
I count it, and I throw it in my trashcan here.
MIKE ROWE: Well, I have to say at first glance that does
qualify as a dirty job.
OSCAR: Yeah, it's the dirtiest.
Huh, you'll never be able to do it.
MIKE ROWE: Oh, I could do that.
OSCAR: No, you can't.
MIKE ROWE: No, I'm pretty sure I could.
OSCAR: No, you won't.
MIKE ROWE: I'm almost certain I could.
OSCAR: You can't do it.
MIKE ROWE: Confidence is high.
OSCAR: No.
No.
You can't.
MIKE ROWE: Listen, I've had a lot of dirty jobs.
OSCAR: No, you can't do it.
MIKE ROWE: I would like to try.
OSCAR: All right.
All right.
But to do the job you got to get in the trashcan.
MIKE ROWE: Oh, inside the trashcan.
OSCAR: Yeah, I work from home.
MIKE ROWE: Well, I got to tell you it, uh--
[SNIFF], it smells just awful.
OSCAR: Yeah, I know.
That's one of the job perks.
So just come around to back door.
MIKE ROWE: The back door?
OSCAR: Yeah.
MIKE ROWE: I always wanted to go in the back.
Hey, Oscar.
Where am I?
OSCAR: You're now in through the back door.
You'll see something hanging on the wall to the right.
MIKE ROWE: Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
OSCAR: Coveralls.
MIKE ROWE: Got 'em
OSCAR: You're going to need them.
MIKE ROWE: All right.
OSCAR: Watch out for the mud puddle on
the living room floor.
MIKE ROWE: I think I stepped in it.
OSCAR: Well, I told you it was a dirty job.
So I guess you want to give up, huh?
MIKE ROWE: No, no, no, no, no.
I like it.
I like what I'm seeing.
I like what you've done with the place.
OSCAR: Well, uh, I don't think you're going to like the next
one quite so much.
MIKE ROWE: What do you got?
OSCAR: Here's some gloves.
MIKE ROWE: All right.
Thank you.
OSCAR: OK.
Now, you're going to need them, because you have to find
the stinky cheese.
Pull it out of the trashcan and count it.
MIKE ROWE: Find the stinky cheese.
That's the job?
OSCAR: Yeah, in the dark.
MIKE ROWE: In the dark of the trashcan.
OSCAR: Yeah.
MIKE ROWE: Find the stinky cheese.
OSCAR: Yeah.
MIKE ROWE: And count it.
OSCAR: Count it.
MIKE ROWE: I can do that.
OSCAR: You'll never do it.
MIKE ROWE: No, I can do it.
I can smell it that's for sure.
This is--
that feels like cheese.
Smells like cheese.
OSCAR: Yeah.
MIKE ROWE: One.
OSCAR: You know it's great cheese when you smell it, it
snaps your head back.
MIKE ROWE: Oh.
Then, this is great cheese, Oscar.
And that's two.
OSCAR: Yes, smells terrible.
Doesn't it?
MIKE ROWE: It doesn't smell good, but I
can't say I hate it.
OSCAR: Yeah, well.
MIKE ROWE: That's three right there.
OSCAR: When you get to the next piece, you'll probably
want to quit then.
Yeah.
MIKE ROWE: Oh, I doubt it.
I'm not much of a quitter.
Hm.
This is so delightfully bad.
And four.
This one's way down here.
I can't reach it.
Oh, got it.
Ugh.
Five.
Five pieces of stinky cheese.
OSCAR: Yeah, five.
MIKE ROWE: Piece of cake.
What else you got?
OSCAR: Yeah, well, you know I don't think you're going to
like the next thing anywhere near as much as you seem to
like this chore.
MIKE ROWE: I hear a lot of chatter, Oscar, a lot of talk.
What you got?
OSCAR: Oh, yeah.
Well, take a look at that pile of trash.
You got to sort it.
Pile it up in the right order.
MIKE ROWE: It's beautiful.
It's beautiful.
I'm on my way.
OSCAR: OK, Mike.
Here's what you got to do.
MIKE ROWE: Yes.
OSCAR: You're going to make three piles of trash.
MIKE ROWE: Right.
OSCAR: Yeah, one is all the rotten banana
peels in one pile.
MIKE ROWE: Banana peels.
Uh-huh.
OSCAR: All the smelly sardine cans in another pile.
And all the moldy meatballs make another pile.
MIKE ROWE: Moldy meatballs, sardines, and banana peels.
OSCAR: You got it.
Now, get to work.
MIKE ROWE: I can do it.
Just take our meatballs, and we'll put those over here.
And we'll take our banana peels and put those
over here like that.
And then I can take the sardine cans and
put those over here.
I got to tell you, Oscar, this is going pretty well.
OSCAR: Eh.
Well, it has to be one of the dirtiest jobs you've ever
done, right.
MIKE ROWE: Are you kidding me.
As jobs go.
I would say this one is kind of a dream job.
OSCAR: Yeah.
I was afraid you'd say that.
Wait a minute.
You're not going to like this next one.
I know that.
MIKE ROWE: What have you got?
OSCAR: The dirtiest job of them all.
MIKE ROWE: Yeah.
OSCAR: You got to give my pig, Spot, his mud bath.
MIKE ROWE: What does giving a pig a mud bath
have to do with trash?
OSCAR: Nothing.
It's a fringe benefit.
Of course, if it's too dirty for you--
MIKE ROWE: No, no, no, no, no.
I love pigs, and if you've got a dirty one, I
want to meet him.
Bring me a dirty pig.
OSCAR: Time for your mud bath, Spot.
You ready?
SPOT: [OINK].
OSCAR: OK.
You ready, Mike?
MIKE ROWE: Ready.
OSCAR: Mud bath time.
Go for it.
[SPOT SQUEALING].
OSCAR: Oh yeah.
Roll him around.
Bring in the mud.
MIKE ROWE: Spot, over here.
Over here.
Would you hold still?
You're only making it worse.
OSCAR: Wow, looking good.
MIKE ROWE: You are one slippery swine.
Hold on a second here.
That's it.
Come here.
Ow.
OSCAR: Get him.
Get him.
There you go.
Ah.
Now, there's a muddy pig.
This is great.
OK.
MIKE ROWE: Holy smokes, Oscar.
I got to hand it to you.
OSCAR: Yeah, well, I told you.
MIKE ROWE: It's the dirtiest job.
OSCAR: You know it's a job only a grouch could love.
So I guess you're going to quit now, huh?
MIKE ROWE: Quit.
Are you kidding me?
I haven't had this much fun in ages.
OSCAR: What?
MIKE ROWE: Look.
I love this job.
Just because it's dirty doesn't mean you
can't have a good time.
Come here, Spot.
I'm not done with you.
OSCAR: Hey, wait.
That's my dirty job.
Get your own dirty job.
Oh well, I guess I can't blame him.
An opportunity like this only comes
around once in a lifetime.
MIKE ROWE: That's my foot.
Oh.