# \_\_\_\_\_, 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:** 14
**Author:** ![markplus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@markplus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markplus)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/261 "2011-11-23T02:26:03Z")
Hagar the Horrible: The poor man’s Asterix & Obelix. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/262 "2011-11-23T04:50:43Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I must seriously object to the second. The Navy is far older. The Navy has greater traditions and can do everything the Air Force can do and so much more. Except have decent looking uniforms. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/263 "2011-11-23T10:36:00Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > Except have decent looking uniforms. 😃 Since when did we have decent looking uniforms in the Air Force? Especially now that the BDUs are gone. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/264 "2012-01-30T21:23:21Z")
Josh Brolin, the poor man’s Pierce Brosnan. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/265 "2012-01-31T15:55:33Z")
Hard work, dedication, and intelligence: The poor man’s nepotism Goober and the Ghost Chasers and Funky Phantom: The poor man’s Scooby-Doo (although I did like Funky Phantom’s theme song.) ---
**Author:** ![LegendHasit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/legendhasit/32/8246_2.png) [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/266 "2012-02-01T07:23:13Z")
The Partridge Family is the poor man’s Brady Bunch Barney is the poor man’s Big Bird The Great Space Coaster is the poor man’s Sesame Street Harry is the poor man’s Cookie Monster Catnip and Herman is the poor man’s Tom and Jerry Thriller is the poor man’s Twilight Zone ---
**Author:** ![LegendHasit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/legendhasit/32/8246_2.png) [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/267 "2012-02-01T07:27:31Z")
Good Times is the poor man’s Jefferson’s Roseanne is the poor man’s Cosby Show Maude is the poor man’s All in the Family Friday’s is the poor man’s Saturday Night Live Pan Am is the poor man’s Mad Men ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/268 "2012-02-01T08:04:55Z")
> [@LegendHasit](#): > > The Great Space Coaster is the poor man’s Sesame Street When I was growing up, the poor man’s Sesame Street was [Carrascolendas](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeEJ3YyYziA). Elmo is the three year old’s Grover. ---
**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/269 "2012-03-13T16:48:43Z")
Ted from _How I Met Your Mother_ is the poor man’s Ross from _Friends_. ---
**Author:** ![crookedteeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b4bc9f/32.png) [@crookedteeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crookedteeth)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/270 "2012-03-13T17:08:54Z")
Tax returns, the poor man’s savings account. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/271 "2012-03-13T17:17:02Z")
With apologies if it’s been mentioned and I missed it, I was reminded the other day that [Jeff Kober](http://images.wikia.com/buffy/images/7/77/Kober.jpg) is the poor man’s [Willem Dafoe](http://images.zap2it.com/images/celeb-393/willem-dafoe-2.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/272 "2012-03-13T17:18:42Z")
> [@crookedteeth](#): > > Tax returns, the poor man’s savings account. Savings account, the poor man’s stock market. ---
**Author:** ![gatorslap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gatorslap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gatorslap)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/273 "2012-03-13T17:20:14Z")
Peter Murphy, the poor man’s David Bowie. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/274 "2012-03-13T18:03:20Z")
The Huffington Post is the poor man’s Salon. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/275 "2012-03-13T18:45:53Z")
This was only relevant 15 to 20 years ago, but Jerry Doyle (on Babylon 5) use to make me think of Bruce Willis. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/276 "2012-03-13T20:25:48Z")
Arial, the poor man’s Helvetica. ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/277 "2012-03-13T22:04:52Z")
Jesse Eisenberg, the poor man’s Michael Cera. Michael Cera, the poor man’s Jesse Eisenberg. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/278 "2012-03-14T17:39:06Z")
…, the poor man’s \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/279 "2012-03-14T17:50:13Z")
> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#): > > Monkfish, the poor man’s lobster. > > …what? I’m years late, but this is exactly the first thing that popped into my mind upon reading the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Stelios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Stelios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stelios)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/280 "2012-03-14T17:52:23Z")
Haven’t read the whole thread but… Clarke Peters, the poor man’s Morgan Freeman. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949.md?page=15)