Mike Rowe

Mike Rowe is decidedly an escape artist.

I found him in the bathtub today and he was not able to get out because he couldnt get traction. Look at how irritated he was because I put him back into his room.

How he got in there I do not know but he definately had a field day with the toilet paper. (I think one of the kids left the door open for a bit and he saw his opportunity for exploration and made a go of it.) Only his piteious miaows tipped me off that he was out of the cat-sanctuary.

Do you think he looks like his namesake the real Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs? I love this man!!! What a gross and engaging show. ...so icky you dont want to watch so you do.

Here's what the Wiki says about him:

The appeal of the show is the juxtaposition of Mike Rowe, a well-spoken man of television with a sharp, sarcastic, self-deprecating wit, the blue-collar situations in which he's put, and the colorful personalities of the men and women who actually do that job for a living.

A worker takes on Rowe as a fully-involved assistant during a typical work day, during which he works hard to complete every task as best he can despite discomfort, hazards or situations that are just plain disgusting. The "dirty job" often includes cameramen Troy Paff or Doug Glover getting just as dirty as he does.

Mike Rowe often makes jokes about his jobs and describes them as "dirty jokes." But he almost never makes fun of the workers themselves. Indeed, Rowe and the show consistently respect these people for taking on the jobs that average people would never touch, and the show always begins with the following quote from Mike Rowe:

"My name is Mike Rowe, and this is my job: I explore the country looking for people who aren't afraid to get dirty—hard-working men and women who earn an honest living doing the kinds of jobs that make civilized life possible for the rest of us."