DEADLIEST CATCH’s Mike Rowe Recalls Dangerous Time Spent With Fishing Crew
By Movieguide® Contributor
Many know Mike Rowe as the narrator of DEADLIEST CATCH, a reality show about commercial crab fishing crews who work under harsh conditions. Rowe got a taste of those dangerous conditions after joining a crew to get a firsthand look at what goes on on the boats.
In an interview about his time on the boat, Rowe recalled, “[The captain] said, ‘Son, I’m the captain of a crab boat. My job’s not to get you home alive. My job is to get you home rich. You want to go home in one piece? That’s on you.'”
After his experience onboard, Rowe decided that he preferred to take part in DEADLIEST CATCH from the safety of the recording studio, providing narration for the show.
Movieguide® previously reported on Rowe’s newest project:
Mike Rowe, the face of the popular Discovery Channel show DIRTY JOBS, is getting “the band back together” as he and his old camera crew jump into an RV and plan to reconnect with the many friends they made during their eight-year exploration of the world’s most dangerous and dirty jobs.
The reboot series is called DIRTY JOBS: ROWE’D TRIP. Supplemented by footage from the original DIRTY JOBS series, the show will also highlight the original crew’s travels in the RV.
“There’s all sorts of footage. Our cameras never stopped rolling on DIRTY JOBS and we never did a second take. So we just have vaults and vaults of footage that hasn’t been seen before,” Rowe said.
Although DIRTY JOBS stopped filming back in 2012, Rowe said the show became a part of something more than merely highlighting dirty jobs, which is why it has been aired thousands of times since then.
“This is a really important part of the show. You know, a lot of people figure DIRTY JOBS as a show about jobs that are dirty, but it’s really a show about the people who do those jobs and as the show progressed and gained in popularity, it shifted and it really became a rumination on work and a reflection on what a good job was,” Rowe said.
Rowe has been outspoken about the importance of skilled trades in the past, stating that the idea that some job opportunities are subordinate to college degrees is “crazy.”
He is a firm believer that there are plenty of opportunities for successful work. He wants to help make that happen for young students and children.
“Of all the divides in the country right now, the biggest one is the group of people who are convinced opportunity is dead and those who are not,” Rowe said. “I think the opportunities are still there.”
Rowe notes that the work he has done on television has pushed him to make a difference in real life with the MikeRoweWorks Foundation, which awards scholarships to those looking to learn a skill or master a trade.
“It has turned into something more than I would have hoped for, and it’s not just because of DIRTY JOBS,” Rowe said. “I mean, I know I’ve been awfully lucky and blessed to work on shows that people love but the thing that evolved out of DIRTY JOBS that consumes most of my time today is MikeRowe Works.”
Certainly, Rowe’s original show DIRTY JOBS planted the seed for his foundation. However, he hopes that this reboot will continue that legacy.
“That foundation evolved out of ‘Dirty Jobs’ and it’s a privilege to have that kind of a legacy in my life,” Rowe said. “And part of relaunching the show, honestly, is going to be an opportunity to double down on that.”
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