You almost expected him (Biden) to prop his feet up and say, "Sonny, you just keep tellin' 'em."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-et-critics-notebook-vp-debate-20121012,0,6573067.story

Joe Biden in his element at the debate table
In the debate with Paul D. Ryan, Vice President Joe Biden rises to the task of buoying Obama supporters and convincing any undecideds not to change course.

If President Obama seemed as if he'd rather be getting his teeth drilled than debate Mitt Romney last week, Vice President Joe Biden spent most of his 90-minute televised showdown with Paul D. Ryan on Thursday night looking like he was having the time of his life.

Certainly the format — the two men next to each other at a table facing moderator Martha Raddatz and the audience — played to Biden's experience and jocular ease. Whereas Ryan sat schoolboy straight or hunched tensely in concentration, Biden leaned back, turned this way and that, and played directly to the cameras.

You almost expected him to prop his feet up and say, "Sonny, you just keep tellin' 'em."