# \_\_\_\_\_, the poor man's \_\_\_\_\_

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 24, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949 "2008-02-24T14:35:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/301 "2013-05-31T15:19:11Z")

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**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/302 "2013-05-31T15:25:34Z")

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> [@skdo23](#):
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> George H.W. Bush, the poor man’s Joseph Kennedy.

_Prescott_ Bush (GHW’s father) was the poor man’s J.P. Kennedy

> [@markplus](#):
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> The Three Stooges: The poor man’s Marx Brothers.

The Ritz Brothers were the poor man’s Marx Brothers

Lou Costello was the poor man’s Curly Howard.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/303 "2013-05-31T16:12:33Z")

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Al Pacino, the poor man’s Dustin Hoffman.

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**Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/304 "2013-06-21T00:50:47Z")

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Shia LaBeouf, the poor man’s Giovanni Ribisi.

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**Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/305 "2013-07-04T19:19:13Z")

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[Amber Heard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Heard), the poor man’s Scarlett Johansson.

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**Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/306 "2013-07-08T20:30:18Z")

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> [@Martian Bigfoot](#):
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> [Amber Heard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Heard), the poor man’s Scarlett Johansson.

I wonder if anyone still uses the phrase “roadshow version of”, as in “Amber Heard is the roadshow version of Scarlett Johansson.”

I suppose it might work only for show-biz comparisons. Also, it has less of that compelling class-warfare allure.  
_Roadshow Version Of_ is the poor man’s _Is The Poor Man’s_.

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