1. Mattress Recycler
Air date: 2009-10-06 · 60 min
Mike finds out what happens to old mattresses after people throw them out.
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Season 6.
19 episodes in the catalogue. Explore the stories and air dates, then choose an episode to open FRAME’s player.
2. High-Rise Window Washer
Air date: 2009-10-13 · 60 min
High-rise window washer, viewer mail: brine tank cleaner (Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay)
Open episode 2 ↗3. Toilet Crusher
Air date: 2009-10-20 · 60 min
Toilet Crusher & alligator snapping turtle researcher
Open episode 3 ↗4. Camel Rancher
Air date: 2009-10-27 · 60 min
Mike works at the country's only Dromedary camel dairy.
Open episode 4 ↗5. Tofu Maker
Air date: 2009-11-03 · 60 min
Mike recycles computers before heading to Hawaii to make tofu.
Open episode 5 ↗6. Glass Maker
Air date: 2009-11-10 · 60 min
Mike goes to Jonesboro, Arkansas to perform dung beetle research. Then he heads to Williamstown, West Virginia to try his hand at making glass art.
Open episode 6 ↗7. Rocky Reach Dam
Air date: 2009-11-17 · 60 min
Mike journeys to Wenatchee, Washington to help maintain a hydroelectric dam. Then he explores a fish bypass system where he catches and tags fish and winds up wading through a pool of fish poop.
Open episode 7 ↗8. Safety Third
Air date: 2009-11-24 · 60 min
Mike reflects back on his more hazardous apprenticeships and makes a case for safety.
Open episode 8 ↗9. Reindeer Farm
Air date: 2009-12-01 · 60 min
Mike goes to Kentucky to try his hand at shrink-wrapping a houseboat. Then he heads off to Palmer, Alaska to spend a day working at a reindeer farm.
Open episode 9 ↗10. Marble Maker
Air date: 2009-12-15 · 60 min
Mike goes to Hawaii to learn how to make dirt shirts at The Original Dirt Shirt Company. Then he heads off to Reno, Ohio to learn how to make marbles.
Open episode 10 ↗11. Fireworks Technician
Air date: 2009-12-15 · 60 min
Mike becomes a specialty fireworks technician in Addison, Pa. and then helps examine a cow with a hole in its stomach at Arkansas State University.
Open episode 11 ↗12. Worm Grunter
Air date: 2009-12-22 · 60 min
Mike goes to Florida to harvest clams at the Alligator Harbor Aquatic Preserve and later attempt to worm-grunt in the Apalachicola National Forest.
Open episode 12 ↗13. Maple Syrup Maker
Air date: 2009-12-29 · 60 min
Mike goes to Florida to harvest clams at the Alligator Harbor Aquatic Preserve and later attempt to worm-grunt in the Apalachicola National Forest.
Open episode 13 ↗14. Animal Control Specialist
Air date: 2010-01-05 · 60 min
Mike goes to Southern California to handle skunks and other pests as an animal control specialist.
Open episode 14 ↗15. Cricket Farmer
Air date: 2010-01-12 · 60 min
Mike goes to work at a cricket farm in Augusta, Georgia and later becomes a camel rancher at the Oasis Camel Dairy in Ramona, California.
Open episode 15 ↗16. Chicken Busters
Air date: 2010-01-19 · 60 min
Mike goes on the hunt for feral chickens on the streets of Miami.
Open episode 16 ↗17. Soo Locks Technician
Air date: 2010-01-26 · 60 min
Mike goes to Michigan to join up with the 12 maintenance crew.
Open episode 17 ↗18. Concrete Finisher
Air date: 2010-02-02 · 60 min
Mike creates some concrete counter-tops and fire pits in Moss Landing, California and then reminisces about the scariest job he's ever done.
Open episode 18 ↗19. Bone Black
Air date: 2010-09-19 · 60 min
Mike visits a bone black plant in Michigan and then talks about his five dirtiest jobs.
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