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I was pleased to find that the stage play was not altered all that much when made into a film, which is where I, like most people, first met Elwood P. Down and his pooka-friend Harvey. The play, of course, uses fewer locations, but much stronger language than the film censors would have allowed. Several lines from the play have stayed with me, mainly because they caught me off-guard the first time I heard them. But the line I recall most often since I first saw the film is spoken by Elwood about halfway through Act 3. Elwood is explaining why he won't get indignant about his sister's attempt to have him locked away in Chumley's Rest Home and take his power of attorney. He says: "Dr. Chumley, my mother used to say to me, 'In this world, Elwood'--she always called me Elwood--she'd say, 'In this world, Elwood, you must be oh, so smart or oh, so pleasant.' For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."