There was a thread like this years ago, but so much has changed since then.
Old examples included things like "Harry Connick, Jr is the poor man's Sinatra" or "Dick Cheney is the poor man's Satan."
Theresa May is the poor man's Thatcher.
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There was a thread like this years ago, but so much has changed since then.
Old examples included things like "Harry Connick, Jr is the poor man's Sinatra" or "Dick Cheney is the poor man's Satan."
Theresa May is the poor man's Thatcher.
by Anonymous | reply 126 | April 9, 2018 9:52 PM |
Trump is the poor man's Hitler.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 16, 2017 7:35 PM |
Melania Trump is the poor man's Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 16, 2017 7:37 PM |
OP is the poor man's W&W.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 16, 2017 7:39 PM |
Gio Benitez and Tommy Di Dario are the poor man's Anderson Cooper and Benjamin Maisani.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 16, 2017 7:41 PM |
Joan Collins is the poor man's Elizabeth Taylor
Jayne Mansfield is the poor man's Marilyn Monroe
Diana Dors is the poor man's Jayne Mansfield
by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 16, 2017 7:44 PM |
Sorry, this person won't be well known here, having just recently become the leader of Canada's Conservative party.
For future reference, though, I would suggest that Andrew Scheer is the poor man's Mr. Haney.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 16, 2017 7:50 PM |
Olivia de Havilland is the poor man's Luise Rainer.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | June 16, 2017 7:52 PM |
Hulu is the poor man's Netflix.
Putin is the poor man's Stalin.
That new woman on that one crime drama is the poor man's that other woman who used to be on that crime drama
by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 16, 2017 7:52 PM |
Grenfell Tower fire is the poor man's 9/11.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | June 16, 2017 7:53 PM |
Judy Garland is the poor man's Whitney Houston
by Anonymous | reply 10 | June 16, 2017 8:01 PM |
Philadelphia is the poor man's New York.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | June 16, 2017 8:06 PM |
Lindsay Lohan is the poor man's Melania Trump ( they're both whores)
by Anonymous | reply 12 | June 16, 2017 8:13 PM |
The Justice League is the poor man's The Avengers.
(Dodging flames)
by Anonymous | reply 13 | June 16, 2017 8:15 PM |
Baltimore is a poor man's Philadelphia.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | June 16, 2017 8:16 PM |
Ivanka is the poor man's Marie Antoinette.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | June 16, 2017 8:17 PM |
Black Widow is the poor man's Wonder Woman.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | June 16, 2017 8:17 PM |
Kate Jackson is the poor man's Meryl Streep.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | June 16, 2017 8:18 PM |
Melania is the poor man's Carla Bruni
Meghan Markle is the poor man's Kate Middleton
by Anonymous | reply 18 | June 16, 2017 8:19 PM |
The Texas Gulf Coast is the poor man's Hawaii.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | June 16, 2017 8:19 PM |
Mischa Barton is the poor man's Lohan.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | June 16, 2017 8:19 PM |
Jack Klugman was the poor man's Walter Matthau
Tony Randall was the poor man's Jack Lemmon
by Anonymous | reply 21 | June 16, 2017 8:21 PM |
Deborah Cox is the poor man's Whitney Houston.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | June 16, 2017 8:21 PM |
Rita is the poor man's Chita.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | June 16, 2017 8:22 PM |
The current West Wing is the poor man's Court of the Borgias
by Anonymous | reply 24 | June 16, 2017 8:23 PM |
Monica Potter was the poor man's Julia Roberts.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | June 16, 2017 8:24 PM |
Lorna Patterson is the poor man's Goldie Hawn.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | June 16, 2017 8:25 PM |
Cissy Houston is the poor man's Patsy Ramsey.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | June 16, 2017 8:25 PM |
Sally Ann Howes is the poor man's Julie Andrews.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | June 16, 2017 8:26 PM |
Bannon is the poor man's Karl Rove.
Karl Rove is the poor man's Machiavelli.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | June 16, 2017 8:26 PM |
Oxycodone used to be the poor man's heroin.
Now heroin is the poor man's Oxy.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | June 16, 2017 8:34 PM |
Coriolanus Burt is the poor man's Titus Andromedon
by Anonymous | reply 31 | June 16, 2017 8:35 PM |
Steve Scalise is the new John Wayne Bobbit.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | June 16, 2017 8:38 PM |
Theresa Russell is the poor man's Kim Cattrall.
Mamie Van Doren is the poor man's Jayne Mansfield
by Anonymous | reply 33 | June 16, 2017 8:38 PM |
Miami is the poor man's Los Angeles.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | June 16, 2017 8:40 PM |
Seattle is the poor man's Vancouver.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | June 16, 2017 8:42 PM |
Taylor Swift is the destitute man's Joni Mitchell
by Anonymous | reply 36 | June 16, 2017 8:45 PM |
Karen "Mother" Pence is the poor man's Barbara Pierce Bush.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | June 16, 2017 8:47 PM |
Tracy Chapman is the poor man's Joan Armatrading.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | June 16, 2017 9:34 PM |
Steven Tyler is the poor man's Mick Jagger. I think he used to brag about this.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | June 16, 2017 9:38 PM |
"______is the poor man's _______" is the poor man's Sumerian housewives.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | June 16, 2017 9:44 PM |
Anne is the poor man's Brontë sister.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | June 16, 2017 9:47 PM |
Liam Hemsworth is the poor man's Chris Hemsworth.
Chad Lowe is the poor man's Rob Lowe.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | June 16, 2017 9:49 PM |
Julie Andrews is the poor man's Angela Lansbury.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | June 16, 2017 9:49 PM |
Annette Benning is the poor man's Hillary Swank
by Anonymous | reply 44 | June 16, 2017 9:52 PM |
Chris Farley was the poor man's John Candy.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | June 16, 2017 9:52 PM |
Kevin James is the poor man's Chris Farley.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | June 16, 2017 9:54 PM |
John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band is the poor man's Bruce Springsteen and the E. Street Band
by Anonymous | reply 47 | June 16, 2017 9:55 PM |
Michael Pitt is the poor man's Leonardo DiCaprio
by Anonymous | reply 48 | June 16, 2017 9:56 PM |
Jean Simmons is the poor man's Audrey Hepburn.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | June 16, 2017 9:56 PM |
Chaosmen is the poor man's CorbinFisher
by Anonymous | reply 50 | June 16, 2017 10:02 PM |
Fran Liebowitz is a poor person's idea of Dorothy Parker.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | June 16, 2017 10:17 PM |
Lucille Ball's Mame is the poor man's Angela Lansbury's Mame.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | June 17, 2017 12:02 AM |
GoBots are the poor man's Transformers.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | June 17, 2017 12:12 AM |
Gaga is the poor man's Madonna
by Anonymous | reply 54 | June 17, 2017 12:15 AM |
Caylee Anthony was the poor man's JonBenet.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | June 17, 2017 12:21 AM |
Commoner Joan Fontaine was the poor man's Dame Olivia Dehaviland
by Anonymous | reply 57 | June 17, 2017 12:24 AM |
Melitha Harrith Perry ith the poor man's Joy Reid.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | June 17, 2017 12:25 AM |
R55: [italic]Babe[/italic] was the poor man's [italic]Charlotte's Web[/italic]. The latter had Debbie Reynolds, Paul Lynde, Agnes Moorehead, Henry Gibson, and Robert B. Sherman's favorite of his and his brother's scores. What did the former have? Stretch Cunningham and Lunchlady Doris.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | June 17, 2017 12:35 AM |
Cilla Black was the poor man's Dionne Warwick.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | June 17, 2017 12:42 AM |
[quote] Madonna is the poor man's Madonna
Fixed
by Anonymous | reply 61 | June 17, 2017 12:43 AM |
Dionne Warwick was the poor man's Dionne Warwick after we got through with her.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | June 17, 2017 12:44 AM |
Heigl is the poor man's Gwyneth.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | June 17, 2017 12:44 AM |
Gaarth Brooks was the poor man's Billy Joel
by Anonymous | reply 64 | June 17, 2017 12:44 AM |
Billy Joel is the str8 man's Barry Manilow.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | June 17, 2017 12:45 AM |
-a--Barry Manilow is the straight man's Nightmare
by Anonymous | reply 66 | June 17, 2017 12:51 AM |
Str8 men are humanity's nightmare
by Anonymous | reply 67 | June 17, 2017 1:10 AM |
Islam is the poor man's Christianity, and Christianity is the poor man's Judaism.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | June 17, 2017 1:11 AM |
Caitlyn is the poor man's Melania
by Anonymous | reply 69 | June 17, 2017 1:14 AM |
George Clooney is the poor man's Cary Grant
by Anonymous | reply 70 | June 17, 2017 2:40 PM |
R8, literally.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | June 17, 2017 2:50 PM |
Sorry I meant r9, literally.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | June 17, 2017 2:50 PM |
Cody Christian is the poor man's Colto. Should we start calling him Codo?
by Anonymous | reply 73 | June 17, 2017 2:54 PM |
Tom Hiddleston is the poor man's Benedict Cumberbatch.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | June 17, 2017 2:54 PM |
Jesus is the poor man's God.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | June 17, 2017 2:54 PM |
The Kardashians are the poor man's Gabor sisters.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | June 17, 2017 3:00 PM |
Caroline Appleby is the poor man's Ethel Mae Potter.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | June 17, 2017 3:18 PM |
Steve Scalise is the poor man's James Brady.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | June 17, 2017 6:58 PM |
John the Program Troll is the poor man's Miss Swan
by Anonymous | reply 79 | June 17, 2017 8:40 PM |
Lily James is the poor man's Keira Knightley. Who is the poor man's Jennifer Ehle.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | June 17, 2017 8:59 PM |
Trinity is the poor man's Detox. Alexis Michelle is the poor man's Roxxy Andrews.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | June 17, 2017 9:04 PM |
Sasha Velour is the pauper man's Sharon Needles.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | June 17, 2017 9:05 PM |
Beyoncé is the black man's Agnetha
by Anonymous | reply 83 | June 17, 2017 9:05 PM |
Farrah Moan is the darphur orphan man's Courtney Act.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | June 17, 2017 9:10 PM |
Wasn't "the K-Fed of ______" used for a while here as the inferior example of something?
by Anonymous | reply 85 | June 17, 2017 9:13 PM |
Fundamentalism is the poor man's religion. And religion is the poor man's atheism.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | June 17, 2017 10:50 PM |
Corey Feldman is the poor man's Hugh Hefner.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | November 14, 2017 11:37 PM |
Ronan Vibert is the poor man's Alan Rickman
by Anonymous | reply 88 | November 14, 2017 11:46 PM |
Shannon Beador is the poor man's Betty Broderick.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | November 15, 2017 12:28 AM |
Ace of Base is the poor man's ABBA.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | November 15, 2017 12:58 AM |
Pippa Middleton is the poor man's Lee Radziwill
by Anonymous | reply 92 | November 15, 2017 1:03 AM |
John Cougar Mellencamp is the poor man's Bruce Springsteen.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | November 15, 2017 1:47 AM |
Tori Amos is the poor man's Kate Bush.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | November 15, 2017 1:54 AM |
Tarot is the poor man’s I Ching.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | November 15, 2017 2:29 AM |
Adele is the poor man's Alison Moyet.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | November 15, 2017 2:31 AM |
Tom Selleck is the poor man's Burt Reynolds.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | November 18, 2017 10:32 PM |
Dark matter is the poor man’s aether.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | November 19, 2017 6:58 PM |
Exit row is the poor man's first class.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | November 19, 2017 7:09 PM |
Hand-held shower nozzle is the poor man's bidet.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | November 19, 2017 7:30 PM |
Angelo is the poor man's Fernando.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | November 19, 2017 7:50 PM |
Mary Miles Minter was a Mary Pickford knockoff.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | November 21, 2017 2:03 AM |
Barack Obama is the poor man's John F. Kennedy.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | November 21, 2017 2:24 PM |
Tongs are the poor man's colander.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | November 21, 2017 2:26 PM |
Sheryl Crow is the Poor Man's Stevie Nicks.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | November 21, 2017 2:30 PM |
Jen Richards is poor "MAN 's" Catlyin Jenner
by Anonymous | reply 107 | November 21, 2017 2:40 PM |
Jack Ruby is the poor man's Lee Harvey Oswald.
by Anonymous | reply 108 | November 21, 2017 3:05 PM |
Susan Lucci is the poor man's Deidre Hall.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | November 21, 2017 4:17 PM |
The Grackle is the poor man’s Crow.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | December 6, 2017 8:59 PM |
If a Crow is the Tide detergent of birds, then Grackles are the Great Value brand, but Starlings are like the $3 detergent with the Spanish name that comes in a plastic bag.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | December 6, 2017 9:05 PM |
Ariana Grande is the poor man's Mariah Carey.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | December 6, 2017 9:05 PM |
Tiffany Trump is poor man 's Ivanka Trump
by Anonymous | reply 113 | December 6, 2017 9:16 PM |
David Morris was the porn man's Tony Danza.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | December 22, 2017 6:45 AM |
Checkers are the poor man's chess.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | December 22, 2017 7:04 AM |
Bowling is the poor man's golf.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | December 22, 2017 7:05 AM |
ELaine Stritch was a poor man's Bea Arthur.
by Anonymous | reply 117 | December 22, 2017 7:25 AM |
Golf is the poor man’s Croquet.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | December 22, 2017 10:51 AM |
Dang it I was going to say that about Ariana... Adele is the poor man's Whitney Houston
by Anonymous | reply 119 | December 22, 2017 10:59 AM |
Irene Cara was the poor man’s Donna Summer
by Anonymous | reply 120 | January 30, 2018 1:39 AM |
Justin Trudeau is the poor man's Pierre
by Anonymous | reply 121 | January 30, 2018 1:40 AM |
Laurie Metcalf is the poor man's Kristin Scott Thomas.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | April 9, 2018 3:06 AM |
Sam Claflin is the poor man's Henry Cavill.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | April 9, 2018 3:10 AM |
The current DC Universe is the poor man's Marvel Universe.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | April 9, 2018 9:29 PM |
Barbara Stanwyck is the poor man's Bette Davis.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | April 9, 2018 9:39 PM |
Steven Ogg is the poor man's Billy Bob Thornton.
by Anonymous | reply 126 | April 9, 2018 9:52 PM |
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