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Not to speak ill of the dead, but merely to play Devil's Advocate... Dustin spent most of the last 20 years vividly illustrating through multiple ventures that he could be a gigantic pain in the ass to work with.
I'm sure his name came up in conversation for the new show at least once. But the guy was a gigantic "heat magnet". They probably passed on it for the sake of not wanting any drama in the "locker room". The guy hardly went anywhere without causing a ruckus, and they probably just didn't want the hassle.
I mean yeah, for the sake of nostalgia it would have been nice to see him included (not that it would have been able to lead to anything substantial, knowing what we know now). But his professional reputation was very poor and while I'm sure he wasn't like that 100% of the time or anything, it makes sense why the producers would shy away from using him. The upside versus the potential for conflict and headaches was minimal.
And as I've mentioned... sadly, even if they'd had him show up, it wouldn't have led to anything. Tough break he had to go out like that. Cancer sucks.
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