▁Department ? ▁Spe aker ▁Bo eh ner ▁we aring ▁a ▁p ony tail ▁at ▁the ▁In aug uration ? ▁Harry ▁Re id ▁getting ▁b anned ▁for ▁life ▁from ▁Dave ▁& ▁B uster ' s ▁restaur ants ▁(' follow ing ▁do z ens ▁of ▁compla ints ▁from ▁wait ▁staff ▁and ▁numerous ▁inc idents ') ?" ▁Brian ▁Res nick , ▁writing ▁for ▁The ▁Atlantic , ▁said ▁both ▁have ▁a ▁" lar ger - than - life " ▁quality . ▁In ▁N ack ers ' s ▁view , ▁the ▁overlap ▁where ▁the ▁" real ▁person ality ▁converges ▁with ▁Diam ond ▁Joe " ▁is ▁that ▁both ▁have ▁" a ▁heart ▁of ▁gold ". ▁ ▁Comp ared ▁to ▁most ▁com edic ▁port ray als ▁of ▁B iden , ▁The ▁On ions ▁was ▁un con vent ional ▁in ▁its ▁almost ▁complete ▁det achment ▁from ▁his ▁real ▁attributes . ▁Other ▁com ed ians ▁and ▁sat ir ists ▁t ended ▁to ▁port ray ▁B iden ▁as ▁a ▁well - mean ing ▁buff oon ▁pr one ▁to ▁g aff es , ▁ex agger ating ▁the ▁politician ' s ▁actual ▁or ▁perce ived ▁tra its ▁without ▁making ▁out land ish ▁emb ell ish ments . ▁Jim ▁Dow ney — a ▁com ed ian ▁and ▁long time ▁writer ▁on ▁Saturday ▁Night ▁Live — des cribed ▁the ▁On ion ▁par ody ▁as ▁somewhat ▁ris ky , ▁because ▁it ▁implicitly ▁re lies ▁on ▁the ▁audience ' s ▁understanding ▁of ▁how ▁dis similar ▁it ▁is ▁from ▁the ▁real ▁B iden . ▁For ▁the ▁humor ▁to ▁work ,