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From hbo.com's "Inside the Episode":

The Freddy Bear

The bad-ass teddy bear that Palaka gives to Freddy, who in turn gives it to Barry, was brought to the set by an old surf bud of JFC co-creator Kem Nunn a few days before this episode began shooting. Kem's friend, John Crotwell, also built the strange wave-shaped car driven by the Chemist (aka Erlemeyer, played by Howard Hesseman). Crotwell is a serious surfer and a true character. He's customized a few of those traffic-stopping wave cars for personal use over the years, and still spends weeks at a time in Baja looking for waves.

Anyway, Crotwell visited the set in Imperial Beach one day carrying this stuffed bear that he'd just found at a garage sale or something. The bear wore shades and a leather jacket with the letters "FTW" on the back. (A side note: "FTW" can stand for many things, but in this case it's probably safe to assume it's the vulgar acronym favored by biker gangs: "F**k the World.") As soon as he saw the bear, Milch offered to buy it from Crotwell, and immediately began concocting ways to insert it into the show as a foil for Teddy, the bear belonging to Barry Cunningham (Matt Winston), the homosexual owner of the Snug Harbor Motel.

I'm more excited to see what Evil Bear has in store, than anything else that we're waiting to happen.