# The Poor Man's \_\_\_\_. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 13, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-____/574584 "2011-03-13T20:56:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-____/574584/1 "2011-03-13T20:56:03Z")
Let’s have a game of unflattering comparisons with one celebrity to another; be fair and stick your Wiki in there if you feel the spirit. I’ll start. [Joe Don Baker](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Don_Baker) is the poor man’s Clint Eastwood (sturdy lawman being lawless as he sees fit). Who would be the poor man’s Tom Selleck? Or is Tom Selleck the lesser version of someone else? Oooh, fight fight. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-____/574584/2 "2011-03-13T21:00:38Z")
[Christian Slater](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Slater) is the poor man’s Jack Nicholson. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-____/574584/3 "2011-03-13T21:06:46Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > [Christian Slater](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Slater) is the poor man’s Jack Nicholson. I would even go so far as to say Jack Nicholson’s the poor man’s Humphrey Bogart. Tom Selleck, anyone? ---
**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 13, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-____/574584/4 "2011-03-13T21:10:12Z")
Tom Selleck was the poor man’s Burt Reynolds, back when either of them was relevant. Who is the poor man’s John Cleese? ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-____/574584/5 "2011-03-13T21:17:26Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Tom Selleck was the poor man’s Burt Reynolds, back when either of them was relevant. > > Who is the poor man’s John Cleese? I’d say Russell Brand, though that’s giving a fair amount of credit to Russell Brand. Picturing Selleck as Bandit is giggle-inducing! Who’s the poor man’s Tom Selleck? ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-____/574584/6 "2011-03-13T21:19:13Z")
We already have this thread going in Cafe Society: [\_\_\_\_\_, the poor man's \_\_\_\_\_ - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=457224) ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-____/574584/7 "2011-03-13T21:22:34Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > We already have this thread going in Cafe Society: [\_\_\_\_\_, the poor man's \_\_\_\_\_ - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=457224) Le sigh. Guess I saw it but it didn’t stick in the front of my melon. Thanks for the heads up!