What the Chuck?
When you’re a freelance actor struggling to find work in an industry where unemployment hovers around 95%, you have two recurring dreams: • Finding steady work on a hit TV show. • Finding a friend with steady work on a Read More …
Category: Blog
Mike Remembers the Day Dirty Jobs Really did Bite!
Mike recalls his 2006 Shark Week adventure for the Discovery Channel. One day down the road, when I’ve had an opportunity to fully digest the events, I’ll look back on April of 2006, and shake my head in wonder and Read More …
Relatively Speaking about the Voiceover Community
From Mike’s forum on Discovery: Q: Mike, I know the number of people doing voice overs are fairly small, relatively speaking (no pun intended). Do you ever meet with other voice over actors – the ones who narrate the other Read More …
The Concept of Celebrity
Part of the ‘Mike Rowe’ appeal is that you come across as an “Average Joe” yet a “Renaissance Man” – well read, polite, caring about those you work with, self-deprecating, great sense of humor, an appreciation for good music, fine Read More …
Emmy Night According to Mike…
From Mike’s forum on Discovery: Q: We caught the news that you didn’t pick up an Emmy for Dirty Jobs this go around. We were all rooting for you. I understand that Dirty Jobs should be recognized by those that Read More …
Somebody’s Gotta Do It -The Story
Let me tell you about a guy named Chad, who woke up one morning and decided to clean up The Mississippi River. Why? Because somebody had to do it.
Seems I’ve Gotten the Boot
PRESS RELEASE Here’s a link to a captivating video that confirms the information in the aforementioned press release. I have indeed partnered with my friends at CAT© Footwear on a line of boots and shoes made primarily from the hides Read More …
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barsky’s!
Many of you know Barsky. He’s my good friend, my trusted ally, and the only director I know willing to work with me on a weekly basis. What many of you may not know is that Barsky often needs to Read More …
Farmers vs. Teachers?
From the MRW Water Cooler: I don’t need a fight with the teacher’s union any more than I need one with PETA, or OSHA, or the EPA. And as the son of two teachers, I don’t need any trouble with Read More …
Oops, I did it again…
I’d like to take a minute and tell you about Kimberly-Clark, a modest little operation in Wisconsin that’s been cleaning up our bodily fluids for the last hundred years, and mrW’s latest supporter. Kimberly-Clark makes everything from Kleenex to Kotex. Read More …
The Crumbling Infrastructure Bandwagon
From Mike’s forum on Discovery: Q: Mike – I’m not on the Crumbling Infrastructure Bandwagon. It’s very much a case of a buzzword becoming truth, and like the now discredited Global Warming farce, naysayers are branded as ignorant clods. They Read More …
Education Affords the Choices ~ Honorable Jobs ARE the Good Jobs
From the MRW Water Cooler: Q: Mike, I’m a public school teacher in Texas, one of the lowest ranking states in education. I’m doing what I can one 8th grader at a time. Would it be offensive to the people Read More …
Mr. Rowe Goes to Washington (and Peoria, etc.)
October 10, 2010 Finally home, and man am I tired. Frankly, I don’t remember the last time I felt this whipped. Then again, I don’t remember the last time I’ve been this old. Coincidence? Probably not. Looking back, I can Read More …
Podcast #4: A Prick in Congress
The Future of Farming
The last time I was in Indianapolis was the summer of 2003. I remember it pretty well because I was still sulking about The Colts being moved there without my permission and not quite over their inglorious departure from my hometown Read More …