Rowe described growing up in a Baltimore community next door to his grandfather, who dropped out of school in the seventh grade only to become a "master electrician" and skilled craftsman by the time he was 30.
"He was one of those geniuses who could take your watch apart blindfolded and put it back together, fix anything, build anything," Rowe recalled in Monday's episode of "Tucker Carlson Today." "He was a magician, and I kind of grew up in his shadow with my mom and dad."
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"I'm in my cubicle, and my mother calls me, and she says, Michael, your grandfather is 90 years old…and she said he's not going to live forever. Wouldn't it be great if before he died, he could turn the TV on and see you doing something that looks like work?" he recalled.
While "devastated," Rowe said his mother's words resonated deeply. The next day, he and his cameraman ventured into the sewers of San Francisco where he profiled an inspector, marking the organic beginning of what eventually turned into "Dirty Jobs."
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"He was one of those geniuses who could take your watch apart blindfolded and put it back together, fix anything, build anything," Rowe recalled in Monday's episode of "Tucker Carlson Today." "He was a magician, and I kind of grew up in his shadow with my mom and dad."
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"I'm in my cubicle, and my mother calls me, and she says, Michael, your grandfather is 90 years old…and she said he's not going to live forever. Wouldn't it be great if before he died, he could turn the TV on and see you doing something that looks like work?" he recalled.
While "devastated," Rowe said his mother's words resonated deeply. The next day, he and his cameraman ventured into the sewers of San Francisco where he profiled an inspector, marking the organic beginning of what eventually turned into "Dirty Jobs."
'Dirty Jobs' host Mike Rowe recalls 'devastating' exchange that inspired the hit show
Mike Rowe sits down with Tucker Carlson to discuss the "Dirty Jobs" and how he got started highlighting the forgotten blue-collar workers of America nearly two decades ago.
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