Laughing Joe Steals the Show at Vice Presidential Debate Big Bird has a new replacement, and his name is "Laughing Joe." Vice President Joe Biden's chuckles, sighs and interruptions during the first and only vice presidential debate with Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., took off on the Internet during the debate. Within minutes, a new @LaughinJoeBiden Twitter handle emerged and it added hundreds of followers every minute. By an hour into the debate, more than 4,700 users followed the parody account which tweeted out photos and animated gifs of Biden's laugh, punctuated by "lol." At one point in the night, according to Bluefin, about 6 percent of tweets mentioned Biden's laughing, which typically came during Ryan's answers. Republicans, on the other hand, wasted no time labeling Biden's laughs as problematic. Eric Fehrnstrom, an adviser to Mitt Romney, tweeted: "Ryan: serious, sober, steady. Biden: smirking, mocking, immature. The Republican National Committee uploaded a YouTube video labeling Biden's laugh a "cackle." Even Biden's teeth became part of the action. A new meme emerged admiring "Joe Biden's white, pearly teeth." One Twitter user, @smotus, commented: "Biden's laughs would be more of a problem if he didn't have such awesome teeth. #vpdebate"