# \_\_\_\_\_, 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/101 "2008-02-26T17:51:43Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] " Micheal Gambon, obviously, is the poor man’s Richard Harris. [/QUOTE] Gambon can act to a degree whereas Harris can er …um…I’ll get back to you. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/102 "2008-02-26T17:58:19Z")
Thomas Kinkade is the poor man’s Norman Rockwell ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/103 "2008-02-26T18:22:58Z")
[QUOTE=Lust4Life] Gambon can act to a degree whereas Harris can er …um…I’ll get back to you. [/QUOTE] Harris hasn’t done much of anything the last couple years… Or was I wooshed? ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/104 "2008-02-26T20:43:05Z")
Near starvation,the poor mans diet. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/105 "2008-02-26T21:33:58Z")
McLovin, the poor man’s… Stiffler? (I know there is an analogy to be made here, but not sure Stiffler is the one…) ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/106 "2008-02-27T04:37:42Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] South Dakota, the poor man’s North Dakota. D&R [/QUOTE] You’ve got that backwards, **EH**. South Dakota has the Black Hills, Mount Rushmore, the Corn Palace, peasant hunting and much more. North Dakota has… Pheasant hunting. ETA: I may be biased, I grew up in S. Dak. age 2-14 anyway. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/107 "2008-02-27T05:33:22Z")
[QUOTE=The Sonoran Lizard King] You’ve got that backwards, **EH**. South Dakota has the Black Hills, Mount Rushmore, the Corn Palace, **peasant hunting** and much more. North Dakota has… Pheasant hunting. [/QUOTE] (emphasis added) So… South Dakota is where Vlad Tepes is from? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/108 "2008-02-27T14:44:21Z")
[QUOTE=Lust4Life] Gambon can act to a degree whereas Harris can er …um…I’ll get back to you. [/QUOTE] Well, he can make your roses flourish if you use him regularly around the rootstocks, but no, actually you’ve hit on it exactly. Gambon acts. A lot, and broadly. I preferred the subtle consumptive Dumbledore that was Harris. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/109 "2008-02-27T14:54:51Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] …So… South Dakota is where Vlad Tepes is from? 😃 [/QUOTE] It’s good to be the king. Pull! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/110 "2008-02-28T07:55:46Z")
[url=“[Jerry Doyle - IMDb](http://imdb.com/name/nm0236381/)”]Jerry Doyle\*\* is the poor man’s Bruce Willis. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/111 "2011-03-10T17:25:47Z")
Well, it’s been three years and as zombies are the poor man’s vampires, I figure we may have some updates in the offing. Lady Gaga, the poor man’s Madonna. Android, the poor man’s iPhone. Etch-a-Sketch, the poor man’s iPad. Edward Cullen, the poor man’s Lestat, the poor man’s Dracula. The Pacific, the poor man’s Band of Brothers More? ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/112 "2011-03-10T17:31:24Z")
Oh, and how could I forget: Megan Fox, the poor man’s Angelina Jolie. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/113 "2011-03-10T17:36:05Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > An LP with a skip, the poor man’s Philip Glass. An LP with a skip, the poor man’s Philip Glass. ---
**Author:** ![phantom\_lamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@phantom\_lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantom_lamb)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/114 "2011-03-10T17:41:44Z")
Cow and Chicken, the poor man’s Ren and Stimpy. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/115 "2011-03-10T18:10:32Z")
_Bob’s Burgers_, the poor man’s _Home Movies_. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/116 "2011-03-10T18:32:05Z")
Charlie Sheen, the poor man’s Tom Cruise. ETA: Wendy Williams, the poor woman’s Oprah ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/117 "2011-03-10T19:18:46Z")
Tylenol and codeine, the poor man’s vicodin. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/118 "2011-03-10T19:49:21Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Tylenol and codeine, the poor man’s vicodin. Crack - the poor man’s cocaine. Crystal meth - the poorer man’s crack. M. Night Shyamalan - the poor man’s Rod Serling. Whitley Strieber - the poor man’s Stephen King. Knight Rider - the gay man’s “My Mother, the Car.” ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/119 "2011-03-10T20:02:45Z")
Jon Hamm - the poor man’s Cary Grant David Niven - the poor man’s William Powell ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949/120 "2011-03-10T22:40:19Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > 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. > [@WhyNot](#): > > 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_. **WhyNot** , the poor man’s _Variety_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_____-the-poor-mans-_____/438949.md?page=7)