# \_\_\_\_\_, the poor man's \_\_\_\_\_ **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949 "2008-02-24T14:35:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/201 "2011-10-29T01:08:51Z")
Porn, the poor man’s prostitute. Dreamworks Animation, the poor man’s Pixar. BTW, the thread is WAHSOME! ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/202 "2011-10-29T05:00:43Z")
South Park, the poor man’s Beavis and Butt-head Vanilla Ice, the (extremely) poor man’s Eminem ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/203 "2011-10-29T06:13:39Z")
> [@8ballz](#): > > Black, the poor mans tongue > [@Acsenray](#): > > What the heck does that mean? It might be a musical reference (the OP makes several other musical comparisons). “Black” is a song by Pearl Jam and “tongue” is a song by R.E.M. ---
**Author:** ![Jaguars](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaguars/32/5879_2.png) [@Jaguars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaguars)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/204 "2011-10-31T01:12:42Z")
[Huntly](http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?q=Huntly,+Waikato&hl=en&ll=-37.557258,175.15944&spn=0.000004,0.004117&sll=-37.557301,175.159266&sspn=0.219911,0.527&vpsrc=6&hnear=Huntly,+Waikato&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=-37.557258,175.15944&panoid=7VpLn7lyZTraism8slU8-A&cbp=12,252.77,,0,0.1), the New Zealand man’s Buffalo, NY. Disco, the poor man’s Funk. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/205 "2011-10-31T01:58:07Z")
The Faces are the poor man’s Rolling Stones. The Kinks are the poor man’s Who. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/206 "2011-10-31T02:08:06Z")
Maybe someone already said: Bananarama, the poor man’s Go-Gos. The Go-Gos, the poor man’s Bangles. Rockwell, the sadly impoverished man’s Michael Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/207 "2011-10-31T02:29:20Z")
Harmonica, the poor man’s saxophone. Not to be confused with the kazoo, the _homeless_ man’s saxophone. ---
**Author:** ![Analogue\_Skywalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Analogue\_Skywalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Analogue_Skywalker)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/208 "2011-10-31T02:39:06Z")
Ray Liotta is the poor man’s Ray Liotta, Seriously ask the person sitting close to you, they will understand ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/209 "2011-10-31T02:58:56Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > Cheese Nips - the poor man’s Cheez-Its. Cheese Nips, the poor man’s Aunt Jemima Syrup. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/210 "2011-10-31T03:05:39Z")
Episcopalianism, the poor man’s Roman Catholicism 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/211 "2011-10-31T03:37:30Z")
> [@beagledave](#): > > Episcopalianism, the poor man’s Roman Catholicism 😉 Ooo, ouch, that hurts. I prefer “Gilt without the guilt.” Feet, the poor man’s car. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/212 "2011-10-31T03:55:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Ooo, ouch, that hurts. I prefer “Gilt without the guilt.” > > Feet, the poor man’s car. A bike is a poor man’s car. Feet are a poor man’s bike. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/213 "2011-10-31T05:08:52Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > A bike is a poor man’s car. Feet are a poor man’s bike. A bus is a poor man’s car. A bike is a poor man’s bus. Feet are a poor man’s bike. Hands and knees are a drunk man’s feet (is that a poor joke, or what?) ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/214 "2011-10-31T05:30:20Z")
Peter Weir, the poor man’s Ridley Scott. Barry Sonnenfeld, the poor man’s Tim Burton. (Rearrange those pairs according to personal taste and opinion, 'natch.) Andrei Tupolev, the poor man’s “Kelly” Johnson. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/215 "2011-10-31T23:37:40Z")
Comic books, the poor man’s graphic novels. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/216 "2011-10-31T23:48:14Z")
The Raspberries: the poor man’s Badfinger. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/217 "2011-10-31T23:50:19Z")
Clint Howard. The poor man’s Ron Howard. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/218 "2011-11-01T05:38:50Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Peter Weir, the poor man’s Ridley Scott. > . Actually, it’s Tony Scott who’s the poor man’s Ridley Scott. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/219 "2011-11-01T23:25:25Z")
Wes Bentley is the poor man’s Jake Gyllenhaal. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/220 "2011-11-01T23:28:58Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > South Park, the poor man’s Beavis and Butt-head Yeah, they’re both stupid and in much the same way but Beavis and Butt-head is somehow so much better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949.md?page=12)