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On October 7, 2007 Rowe appeared on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX's]] ''[[American Dad]]'' as the voice of a [[meter maid]] training [[Stan Smith (American Dad!)|Stan Smith]].<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1010644/ "American Dad!" Meter Made (2007)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
On October 7, 2007 Rowe appeared on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX's]] ''[[American Dad]]'' as the voice of a [[meter maid]] training [[Stan Smith (American Dad!)|Stan Smith]].<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1010644/ "American Dad!" Meter Made (2007)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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On October 13, 2008, Mike appeared in an episode of Sesame Street (Season 39) called "Dirtiest Jobs With Mike Rowe" |
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Mike Rowe visits Sesame Street to find the dirtiest job, which happens to belong to Oscar. Mike must do all the things Oscar does. His tasks include finding and counting stinky cheese, sorting trash and giving his pet pig Spot a mud bath. Much to Oscar’s dismay, Mike doesn’t want to stop, as he’s having too much fun! Oscar: “Well, I can’t say blame him. An opportunity like this only comes around once in a lifetime!”<ref>http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_4178#ixzz0KKZCN1Pr&C</ref> |
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Mike Rowe | |
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| File:MikeRoweFastCompany.jpg Mike Rowe on the cover of an issue of Fast Company magazine in which he was showcased | |
| Born | March 18, 1962 |
| Occupation(s) | Television host Narrator |
| Known for | Dirty Jobs Deadliest Catch |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
Michael "Mike" Gregory Rowe (Template:Pron-en) (born March 18, 1962)[1] is an American media personality. He is the host of the Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs, as well as narrator for other programs on the Discovery Channel.
Personal life and education
Originally from Baltimore, Rowe has said in commercials for Dirty Jobs that the inspiration for doing the show was as a tribute to his father. During his service project for Eagle Scout at the Maryland School for the Blind, he read aloud for students, and he cites this as one of the reasons he became interested in narrating and writing.[2]
Rowe went to Overlea High School, where he excelled in both theatre and vocal music. After graduation, he went on to attend Essex Community College[3] in Baltimore County, and briefly sang with the Chorus of the Chesapeake. He later graduated from Towson University[4] in Towson, Maryland.
Rowe lives in San Francisco, California. Mike Rowe is not married.
Professional background
Mike Rowe sang professionally with the Baltimore Opera.
As host
In the early 1990s Rowe hosted a time slot for QVC selling various items. Asked about his time there, he said:
"I was fired three times by them, actually. I was in the opera at the time. I walked across the street with a buddy of mine (during a performance) - we're dressed as Vikings and we have a drink. The TV is turned to QVC. ... My buddy bets me $100 I can't get a call back. So ... I crashed the audition and got a job on the spot. I basically turned the whole thing into my own stupid David Letterman show - I made fun of the callers and made fun of the products." [5]
Rowe did not realize his ambitions at QVC but those gigs tuned his voice for his later success. He has hosted Your New Home for WJZ in Baltimore, Worst Case Scenarios for TBS, On-Air TV for American Airlines, The Most for The History Channel, No Relation for FX, New York Expeditions for PBS, Channel 999 instructional guide for the now defunct PrimeStar satellite television service, and the CD-ROM music trivia game Radio Active (as "Bobby Arpeggio") for now-defunct software publisher Sanctuary Woods.
From 2001 to 2005 Rowe hosted Evening Magazine on KPIX-TV in San Francisco. During this time, he hosted a news segment called "Somebody's Gotta Do It," profiling a number of unpleasant professions; this concept later grew into Dirty Jobs. Rowe's first work with Discovery included a trip to the Valley of the Golden Mummies to host Egypt Week Live!, where he explored ancient tombs live on air with Dr. Zahi Hawass, an Egyptian archaeologist.
As narrator
In addition to hosting programs, Rowe has an extensive background as a narrator.
Rowe's work for Discovery alone includes narrating American Chopper, American Hot Rod, and Deadliest Catch, as well as other Discovery specials and series. Rowe hosted the Discovery Channel's annual "Shark Week" in 2006, along with hosting the special "You Spoof Discovery", an amateur parody video special which poked fun at some of the popular series on the Discovery Channel's lineup.[6] On Dirty Jobs, Rowe frequently mocks his seeming omnipresence on Discovery Channel; when a segment on firefighting and salvage was unable to be completed in a single day, he assured his firefighter host that he would "send over the MythBusters ... maybe the American Chopper boys ... [to finish the job]"
Rowe was originally tapped to be the on-air host of the Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch, a show about crab fishing in the Bering Sea, and had shot show-host footage onboard several of the crab boats in addition to working on narration for the series; when Dirty Jobs was picked up by Discovery, he was told to choose which show he wanted to appear in on-screen. Rowe claims he was told by Discovery that the two shows would be airing back-to-back on the same night, thus, "we can't have you telling us stories about six dead fishermen on camera and making a fart joke with your arm in a cow's ass".[7] Rowe chose to accept the Dirty Jobs role and narrate Deadliest Catch instead, and the footage of him on the boats was not used in the series, although Rowe does appear on camera on one of the season finale episodes of Deadliest Catch, interviewing the captains. Rowe hosted another show about life on the Bering Sea, a 2007 miniseries entitled After the Catch.
Other narration work includes Drydock: A Cruise Ship Reborn, Southern Steel, Powertool Drag Racing, Scavengers Rock (Animal Planet), and the opening of Ghost Hunters, a show from the producers of American Chopper, on the Sci-Fi Channel. Additionally, Rowe has done voice-over work for the reality television show The Ultimate Fighter.[8]
Additional appearances
On October 7, 2007 Rowe appeared on FOX's American Dad as the voice of a meter maid training Stan Smith.[9] .
On October 13, 2008, Mike appeared in an episode of Sesame Street (Season 39) called "Dirtiest Jobs With Mike Rowe" Mike Rowe visits Sesame Street to find the dirtiest job, which happens to belong to Oscar. Mike must do all the things Oscar does. His tasks include finding and counting stinky cheese, sorting trash and giving his pet pig Spot a mud bath. Much to Oscar’s dismay, Mike doesn’t want to stop, as he’s having too much fun! Oscar: “Well, I can’t say blame him. An opportunity like this only comes around once in a lifetime!”[10]
As pitchman
Beginning in March 2007, Rowe was featured in several Ford Motor Company F-Series truck commercials, presented in a style similar to Dirty Jobs. Including one for Ford Sync.[11] [12]
In 2008, Rowe became the spokesperson for W. W. Grainger, a Chicago based Fortune 500 industrial supply company. He was the TV spokesperson in 1998 for Epic Pharmacy, a Baltimore-area association of independent pharmacies.
Trade activism
On Labor Day 2008, Rowe launched a website called mikeroweWORKS.com,[13] which is focused on the decline in the trades and the crumbling state of the infrastructure. A trade resource center has been launched and provides information, resources, and forums for people interested in learning about, or pursuing a career in, the trades.
References
- ^ "Biography of Mike Rowe". discovery.com. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ^ "Transcript of March 7, 2006, Online Chat with Mike Rowe publisher = [[Discovery Channel]]". 2006-03-07. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Missing pipe in:|title=(help); URL–wikilink conflict (help) - ^ "Down & Dirty" (PDF). "Emerge" The Community College of Baltimore County Alumni Newsletter. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ^ "You Ask, He Answers (Dirty Jobs FAQ)". Discovery Channel. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
- ^ "Sure it's a dirty job, but..." Retrieved 20 December 2008.
- ^ You Spoof Discovery (2007) (TV)
- ^ Collis, Clark (2007). "Shock And Awe: The stars of the edutainment shows Survivorman, The Deadliest Catch, and Dirty Jobs share jaw-dropping tales from their brave work". Entertainment Weekly. Time, Inc. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|day=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ "Mike Rowe's Biography". Retrieved 2007-04-01.
- ^ "American Dad!" Meter Made (2007)
- ^ http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_4178#ixzz0KKZCN1Pr&C
- ^ Template:Cife web
- '^ Bernstein, Marty (2007-03-01). "Dirty Jobs Mike Rowe To Tout Ford Trucks as Spokesperson". The Auto Channel. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
- ^ http://www.mikeroweworks.com
External links
- Mike Rowe at IMDb
- Dirty Jobs
- Mike Rowe #4 on Maxim.com's Top Dudeliest Dudes list of 2007
- MikeRoweWorks.com
- Mike Rowe presenting at the EG conference in 2008
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