Why a polar bear? Why not one of 'em big mean ones they got out west got paws bigger than yer head.

[Because the important part is type of bear, and not that he's fighting a bear at all.]

Damn, this place really is hittin' on all eight ain't it? [He's just gonna be impressed even though he doesn't know what 80% of the words he said are.] Spill some on these drinks from impossible eras. What like, old timey shit? Mead?