Videogum » Pay It Forward http://videogum.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:45:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: Pay It Forward http://videogum.com/63972/the_hunt_for_the_worst_movie_o_52/franchises/the-hunt-for-the-worst-movie-of-all-time/ http://videogum.com/63972/the_hunt_for_the_worst_movie_o_52/franchises/the-hunt-for-the-worst-movie-of-all-time/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:07:38 +0000 Gabe A routine wikipedia search for Pay It Forward actually turns up two separate results. One, obviously, is for the Haley Joel Osment film that we are about to discuss, but the other entry is for the very idea of paying it forward, which can supposedly be traced back to Benjamin Franklin?

The concept was described by Benjamin Franklin, in a letter to Benjamin Webb dated April 22, 1784:

“I do not pretend to give such a Sum; I only lend it to you. When you [...] meet with another honest Man in similar Distress, you must pay me by lending this Sum to him; enjoining him to discharge the Debt by a like operation, when he shall be able, and shall meet with another opportunity. I hope it may thus go thro’ many hands, before it meets with a Knave that will stop its Progress. This is a trick of mine for doing a deal of good with a little money.”

So Benjamin Franklin is responsible for this movie? Uh oh, someone should probably check his grave. I have a feeling the one he has has been rolled in too much! (I discovered eleczingcity!)

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