Dirty Jobs: The Discovery Channel's gain is ours as well!

I must admit, when I saw Monday’s front page I was near outrage. I saw the big Dirty Jobs label on the first story and was furious that the Missourian would so shamelessly rip off a brilliant idea by the Discovery Channel.
Then, I saw in the first sentence that the article immediately expressed that the week’s series was being completely “inspired”… er, *cough * ripped off…by the show, and all of a sudden I was completely pleased. All it took was a simple admittance of idea robbery (which, is of course, completely legal in this sense) and I was on board. I love Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel and I can’t believe just taking such a simple premise (I mean, the show was there for goodness sake) and putting it in the paper hadn’t dawned on me before.
In essence, this type of story has been written millions of times before. It’s a profile of someone who has an interesting job, but through that dirty twist on it, latch it onto a popular show and make it local and suddenly you are looking at the makings of a fantastic story. I have to give mad props and extreme kudos to the minds behind this idea. So simple, yet so effective. When I saw that Tuesday’s article would be about a Livestock Semen Inspector…well, I don’t think I have ever laughed so hard or looked forward to Tuesday’s paper so much…EVER!
So, what’s next…Mythbusters? I’ll take it on. Myth 1…how many MU students who kiss on the bridge in Peace Park actually get married? I broke up with my ex-girlfriend who I kissed on it, so Myth busted on my vote. How about, will the Tiger Mosaic ever be finished? Will Mizzou ever have a period where half the campus isn’t under construction? The possibilities are endless!
Missourian Deadliest Catch? The squirrels are game this season!
Mizzou How It’s Made. Focus on the history of the columns construction and the making of the bronzes on campus (Thom Jeff, Beetle Bailey, etc).
Like I said, the possibilities are endless and I haven’t even started working Animal Planet and History Channel shows into the equation yet.