Baltimore Native Mike Rowe 'Talking Dirty' At The Lyric
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- For more than a decade, Baltimore native Mike Rowe has been getting his hands dirty.
After shooting more than 300 episodes of Dirty Jobs, he's now talking dirty, telling his stories on stage.
The Lyric is where is all started for Dirty Jobs' host Mike Rowe.
"I can't come to Baltimore and not talk about that stage, because that, for me, was the first stage in public where I ever stood and listened to an audience, and I liked it," said Rowe. "I owe everything to the Lyric stage actually. "
From the Lyric, Rowe landed a hosting job at QVC, then a decade of hosting the fiercely popular show Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel.
"I had probably 300 jobs. After QVC, from 1992 until 2001, probably 300 jobs," said Rowe.
Now, back in Baltimore, Mike takes the stage where it all started -- to talk dirty.
"Whenever I get to a town and have a few extra days, we book a theater and we generally fill it up with people who want to hear tales from the dirt. And I have a few... I've got a few hundred," said Rowe.
On Saturday, he'll be back on stage at the Lyric.
"It wouldn't have happened without the Lyric," Rowe said.
Dirty Talk with Mike Rowe is Saturday night at 8 p.m. at the Lyric. Tickets are still available.
