# The poor mans version of .... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 27, 2019, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-version-of/844055 "2019-11-27T08:13:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-version-of/844055/21 "2019-11-28T00:07:33Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Huey Lewis is the poor mans John Lennon I’m not seeing even the most miniscule ‘financial’ relation between the two. That’s like saying J-Lo is a poor woman’s Roseanne. John Denver, or Kieth Karradine attempting music (“I’m Easy”) would seem to me a closer poor man’s John Lennon. I would call Huey Lewis a poor man’s Bruce Springsteen. Or poor man’s Seth Puttnam. I always thought Gilbert Gottfreid was a poor man’s John Fiedler. George Clooney - poor man’s Gene Reyburn. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-version-of/844055/22 "2019-12-01T17:29:54Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Dustin Hoffman was great at taking roles and losing himself in them. Pacino, for the last 40 years, turns every role into some obvious form of Al Pacino. Thank God he didnt use this style of acting in the Godfathers. Perhaps he did. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-version-of/844055/23 "2019-12-01T21:52:21Z")
Goober and the Ghost-Chasers are the poor man’s Scooby Doo RoboCop is poor man’s Terminator Silent Running is poor man’s 2001: A Space Odyssey [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/R-OBV49gvmk/hqdefault.jpg "Silent Running (1972), trailer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-OBV49gvmk) Street Hawk is poor man’s Knight Rider Orca is poor man’s Jaws Gene Vincent is poor man’s Elvis [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/O4_5593-skQ/hqdefault.jpg "Be Bop A Lula ( best version ) Gene VINCENT") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4_5593-skQ) ---
**Author:** ![2Bits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e95f7d/32.png) [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-version-of/844055/24 "2019-12-01T22:39:36Z")
“Friday’s “ was the poor man’s SNL. SCTV was the very poor man’s SNL. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-version-of/844055/25 "2019-12-01T22:53:57Z")
> [@2Bits](#): > > SCTV was the very poor man’s SNL. SCTV was Canada’s\* SNL. \*Canada is the poor man’s USA. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-version-of/844055/26 "2019-12-02T01:47:42Z")
Marion (John) Wayne was the poor man’s Marion (John) Wayne. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-version-of/844055/27 "2019-12-02T05:57:04Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > I’m not seeing even the most miniscule ‘financial’ relation between the two. That’s like saying J-Lo is a poor woman’s Roseanne. > > John Denver, or Kieth Karradine attempting music (“I’m Easy”) would seem to me a closer poor man’s John Lennon. > > I would call Huey Lewis a poor man’s Bruce Springsteen. Or poor man’s Seth Puttnam. > > I always thought Gilbert Gottfreid was a poor man’s John Fiedler. > > George Clooney - poor man’s Gene Reyburn. I’m not seeing any relation of these people to the others at all, to be honest. John Denver and Keith Carradine were run of the mill country-ish types, popular but hardly changed the world of music… Huey Lewis was a tragically over-aged frat boy appealing to other frat boys, he was about as deep and thoughtful as a puddle in a parking lot… Gilbert Gottfried is brilliant, who the hell is John Fiedler, and wasn’t Gene Rayburn a game show host? What does he have to do with George Clooney? ---
**Author:** ![2Bits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e95f7d/32.png) [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-version-of/844055/28 "2019-12-03T00:44:08Z")
> [@2Bits](#): > > “Friday’s “ was the poor man’s SNL. > > SCTV was the very poor man’s SNL. > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro I meant “Mad TV” instead of SCTV. Be that as it may… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-version-of/844055/29 "2019-12-03T02:03:44Z")
Friday Night Videos was the poor man’s MTV ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-version-of/844055/30 "2019-12-03T14:29:59Z")
Opel GT is poor man’s Corvette [https://cdn.bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/5af3256e54185\_15258114848173dbe08829C6DC5A2-A070-4E50-8340-663BF2D4E532-940x644.jpeg](https://cdn.bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/5af3256e54185_15258114848173dbe08829C6DC5A2-A070-4E50-8340-663BF2D4E532-940x644.jpeg) Insane Clown Posse is poor man’s KISS Pinhead is poor man’s Freddy Kruger ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-version-of/844055/31 "2019-12-03T16:58:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > A previous thread on the poorman’s this or that: [\_\_\_\_\_, the poor man's \_\_\_\_\_ - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=457224) Wait, are you saying that this thread is a poor man’s version of the previous thread? Jon Cryer was a poor man’s Matthew Broderick, but I think their body of work has diverged enough. Babylon 5 is a poor man’s Deep Space Nine, or is it Deep Space Nine is a poor man’s Babylon 5? Dun dun dun… ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-version-of/844055/32 "2019-12-05T17:13:46Z")
_Dusty’s Trail_ was the poor man’s _Gilligan’s Island_. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-version-of/844055/33 "2019-12-05T18:41:55Z")
> [@Enola\_Straight](#): > > RoboCop is poor man’s Terminator I think it’s the other way around. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-version-of/844055/34 "2019-12-05T19:20:25Z")
**(TV) Ferris Bueller** was the poor man’s **Parker Lewis Can’t Lose** which was the poor man’s **(Film) Ferris Bueller** ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-version-of/844055/35 "2019-12-05T19:30:58Z")
The “National Treasure” movies (starring Nicolas Cage) is just an American version of the “DaVinci Code” books (and movies). Probably a poor man’s version too. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-version-of/844055/36 "2019-12-06T00:20:17Z")
_The DaVinci Code_ is a poor man’s _Foucault’s Pendulum_. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-version-of/844055/37 "2019-12-06T00:26:14Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > George Clooney - poor man’s Gene Reyburn. Alec Baldwin = poor man’s Gene Rayburn ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-version-of/844055/38 "2019-12-06T10:23:57Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Paul Reiser is the poor mans Richard Lewis > Huey Lewis is the poor mans John Lennon These people relate to each other only in that they are in the same section of the music industry. These seem to be random names taken off of a comic actors list, and a singer/musician list. PERHAPS the Reiser/Lewis comparison isn’t wholly without merit, but if so, they are reversed. > [@mcgato](#): > > The “National Treasure” movies (starring Nicolas Cage) is just an American version of the “DaVinci Code” books (and movies). Probably a poor man’s version too. The DaVinci code books are poor man’s books, period, and even Tom Hanks couldn’t elevate their movie adaptation. Dan Brown’s work is wretched. The National Treasure movies were ridiculous, fun popcorn movies. If anything, they were poor man’s Indiana Jones movies - except that Indiana Jones 2 and 4 were, themselves, poor man’s Indiana Jones movies. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-version-of/844055/39 "2019-12-06T12:21:57Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > These people relate to each other only in that they are in the same section of the music industry. Crap. ENTERTAINMENT industry.This is why I never did reports or assignments all in one sitting - fresh eyes help when proofreading. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poor-mans-version-of/844055/40 "2019-12-06T12:29:25Z")
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