Another thread mentioned Photoshop as the poor man’s scalpel. Which inspires me:
Hydrox, the poor man’s Oreos.
Styx, the poor man’s Queen.
Jayne Mansfield, the poor man’s Marilyn Monroe.
Cracked Magazine, the poor man’s Mad Magazine.
John Mellencamp, the poor man’s Bruce Springsteen.
Others?
Bump Firing, the poor man’s Full-Auto mode.
Sytx/Queen??? I’ve never thought these two were remotely similar.
Aerosmith, the poor mans Rolling Stones.
Beakman’s World, the poor mans Bill Nye.
Go to here and scroll down a little to “The Poor Man’s Actor.”
Pontiac, poor man’s Caddilac.
I’ve actually heard a racist acronym made out of Pontiac.
“Remotely” being the key word. They both do the weird classical/shredding hybrid with shifting themes and rhythms in one song (someone who actually knows about music can probably find a better way to explain that), only Queen makes my 15 year old go, “wow, that was cool!” and Styx makes him go, “Jesus, that was lame!” while my 3 year old sings along the best she can with both.
Once upon a time, of course. Kiera Knightly was a poor man’s Natalie Portman. Sometime in the last few years, they may have switched places.
Monica Potter is the poor man’s Julia Roberts.
Ryan Phillipe the poor man’s John Malkovitch. When I first saw Cruel Intentions, I thought he was intentionally copying Malkovitch’s inflections and acting choices because Malkovitch played essentially the same character in Dangerous Liaisons. Turns out he *always *apes Malkovitch. It’s a little creepy.
Micheal Gambon, obviously, is the poor man’s Richard Harris.
But Dumbledore is the poor man’s Gandalf.
You’ve gone mad again. I’d say that Natalie Portman is the most beautiful woman on Earth, but that would be understating the case.
Nick Nolte is the poor man’s Gary Busey …or is it the other way around? Boy, that’s hard to tell.
Ferrari is the poor man’s Lamborghini.
Hey, there are plenty of beautiful women who are completely unknown. I was just speculating on their comparative box office draw. Ms. Portman did not fare well post-Star Wars and Closer. Ms. Knightly, OTOH, is still riding pretty high after Pirates.
You bite your tongue.
Lost in Space, the poor man’s Star Trek.
Battlestar Galactica (the original), the poor man’s Star Wars.
Duplo, the poor man’s Lego.
Velveeta, the poor man’s cheddar.
GURPS, the poor man’s AD&D.
Skeet Ulrich, the poor man’s Johnny Depp.
Dane Cook, the poor man’s Ryan Reynolds. And Ryan Reynolds is the poor man’s Jason Lee.
When I lived in New Mexico, I often heard:
Las Cruces, the poor man’s Santa Fe.
And in Colorado …
Fort Collins, the poor man’s Boulder.
James Whitmore, the poor man’s Spencer Tracy.
Michael Clarke Duncan the poor man’s Ving Rhames.
James Marsden, the poor man’s Ethan Hawke.
Actually, Duplo is the toddler’s Lego
Datsun 510/BMW
Terry Brooks, the poor man’s Tolkien <shudder>
