Michael Brown And Eric Garner

My Mothers Dad Dropped Out Of The Eighth Grade To Work. He Had To. By The Time He Was 30, He Was A Master Electrician, Plumber, Carpenter, Mason, Mechanic. That Guy Was, To Me, A Magician. Anything That Was Broken, He Could Fix. Anybody Anywhere In Our Community Knew That If There Was A Problem, Carl Was There To Fix It.

I Come From A Blue Collar Family, But My Personal Life Isn't. I Didn't Get The Gene That My Grandfather Had In Spades. He Was A Local Hero. Built The Church That I Went To. Built The House I Grew Up In. Steamfitter, Pipefitter, Electrician, Mechanic And Plumber. I Wanted To Do Those Things. But It Just Didn't Come Easy.

I Rarely Do Anything On The Show By Myself. I Dont Want It To Be About Me. Squatting In The Sewer In San Francisco, Its Really Hot, Were Up To Our Knees In A River Of Crap. Rats And Cockroaches Are All Over. I Would Never, Ever Walk Into That Environment, Except For The Fact That The Guy Who Does It Every Day Is Squatting Next To Me.

The Thing That Makes 'dirty Jobs' Different Is That It's One Of The Few Shows That Portrays Work In A Way That Doesn't Highlight The Drudgery. Instead, It Highlights The Humor.

Some Jobs Pay Better, Some Jobs Smell Better, And Some Jobs Have No Business Being Treated Like Careers. But Work Is Never The Enemy, Regardless Of The Wage. Because Somewhere Between The Job And The Paycheck, There’s Still A Thing Called Opportunity, And That’s What People Need To Pursue.