Dangerous Jobs

There's an element of danger in just about every job. Take your own life, for example: you're right in the middle of sorting your bosses whites and darks when he pages you demanding that you bring him a bag of treats from Cinnabon. Rushing to the door, your foot gets caught in the hamper and you fall and crack your head open on his imported Italian marble. Yes, even a job as an entry-level accountant can be rough.

How much rougher, then, when the danger is more along the lines of guns, lasers and sharks--or even sharks with lasers. That's the kind of nonsense that many of today's unsung television heroes have to deal with on an episode by episode basis; it's the kind of danger that gives OSHA agents nightmares.

So here's our tribute to the most dangerous jobs on television, and to the men and women who fish for crabs or melt toasters with their brain. After all: they do it so that we don't have to.

by Scott Harris