Dude, Dumbledore isn’t even the homeless man’s Gandalf. 
United States Air Force, the poor man’s country club.
(d&r)
Reno, the poor man’s Vegas.
Wendover, the poor man’s Reno. Trust me, I’ve been there. 
Branson, MO, the poor man’s Orlando.
I want to thank the OP for this brief moment of SDMB fame
For the magicians out there:
The Mark Wilson Course , the poor man’s Tarbell Course
I’ve also heard:
The Amateur Magician’s Handbook, the poor man’s Tarbell Course.
February, the poor man’s January
Albuquerque, the poor man’s Mos Eisley
flashlight and testicles, the poor man’s lava lamp. Or so I’ve read numerous times on the sdmb.
Well, the way the Air Force’s budget requests seem to be going, the Navy may still be cheaper sooner or later.
“Whadyamean you need five hundred gillion dollars for a new airplane?!”
Orlando, the [del]poor[/del] married man’s Vegas.
Brookstone, the poor man’s Sharper Image
Bed, Bath, and Beyond, the poor man’s Williams-Sonoma
K-Mart, the poor man’s Wal*Mart.
The internet, the poor man’s life.
Leeks are “l’asperge des pauvres”, or the asparagus of the poor, in France. I probably blew the French translation, I know.
HA!!! Yes, exactly!
Sleep, the poor man’s Coffee. 
I swear on my mother’s grave, we really did eat that as ‘pizza’ when we were broke.
Two Inches of Fun, the poor man’s TLDR
The emergency exit row is the poor man’s (me) first class.
Kiwis, the poor man’s Aussies.
Alabama, the poor man’s Georgia.
Mamie Van Doren, the poor man’s Jayne Mansfield.
Ronald Reagan, the poor man’s Tyrone Power.
Samuel L. Jackson, the poor man’s Laurence Fishburne.