If it was something like he (the real Eric Goldberg) didn't want to be part of the show at all (like the Osborne daughter on that MTV show about Ozzy and Sharon and their family that never ever made an appearance on it) he wouldn't have sat for the couple of on-camera interviews that end some episodes. More @Wikipedia
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