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TIL the prop used as Radar O'Reilly's teddy bear in MAS*H was a 1950s-vintage Cubbi Gund Cuddle Bear. Considering the television show was set during the Korean War, the prop master chose a Teddy bear that would have been appropriate for the time period.

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