The mood at the French Ambassador’s residence, in Washington, D.C., was celebratory on Saturday night as movie stars, politicians, and journalists toasted the final White House Corespondents’ Dinner of Barack Obama’s presidency at Vanity Fair and Bloomberg’s champagne-soaked after-party. Still, a sense of sentimentality hung over the glitzy affair as the assembled A-listers of Hollywood and Capitol Hill drank in the end of an era.

“I'm going to miss him,” CNBC’s Jim Cramer said, hailing Obama’s comedy set earlier that night at the Washington Hilton as the best thing since Johnny Carson. “He’s that funny,” he added.

“He fucking killed it,” agreed Broad City’s __ Abbi Jacobson.__ Her co-star, Ilana Glazer, nodded in agreement, though she was quick to note that she thought Hillary Clinton would be funny in her own way. “I think because she is so marginalized, her humor would be more biting.”

Both Comedy Central comediennes were surprised to see D.J. Khaled in close conversation with Arianna Huffington. But other odd couples abounded: The League’s Paul Scheer laughed alongside Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Joanna Coles; Uber C.E.O. Travis Kalanick spoke seriously to CNN reporter Dylan Byers; and Emma Watson spoke to I.M.F. managing director Christine Lagarde. Meanwhile, Luke Russert approached Helen Mirren about what appeared to be a tattoo depicting the symbol of the late artist formerly known as Prince. (Alas, it was just a Sharpie doodle affixed to her chest at an earlier party.) Elsewhere, actor Tom Hiddleston grooved with a friend to the music in an adjoining room. Billions star Damian Lewis could be seen holding court to a constant stream of fans, as Blindspot’s Jaimie Alexander strolled by, her flowing, black, Christian Siriano dress held off the floor by an assistant trailing behind her.

Across the room, Wolf Blitzer chatted with vice president Joe Biden, who was surrounded by a wall of onlookers and secret service. “He was great,” Biden said of Obama’s final comedy routine at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner gala. “He gets better and better.”

The twin Castro brothers, distinguishable only by the congressional pin adorning Joaquin’s lapel, had only good things to say about Obama’s performance, too. “He finished strong,” Joaquin, the Texas congressman, said. (Julian, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development, said the same.) And The Nightly Show’s Larry Wilmore, who followed the president? “I thought he was funny. Some of the jokes maybe went a little far,” Joaquin said, though he conceded that it was a tough crowd. It would be difficult, he added, to imagine the next president being as funny as Obama had been. “You’d almost want someone like Melissa McCarthy as counter-programming, you know?” (Wilmore, when asked for comment, declined.)

Asked which presidential candidate she thought would be the funniest this time next year, Fox News host Megyn Kelly, apparently mishearing the question, referred to her own comedic chops (and shortcomings), as the query got lost in the noisy room. Donald Trump would be “very funny,” too, she said. Intentionally or unintentionally? “I’ll pass on that one,” she said with a smile. Her upcoming interview with the Republican front-runner is “a conversation the country needs to have,” Kelly added.

Republican strategist Steve Schmidt was less amused by the the upcoming election. “We’re moving into unchartered territory,” he said, looking somewhat distressed by the prospect of a Trump candidacy. Jim Cramer, a self-described numbers guy, said there was nothing to worry about. “I’d bet the farm on Hillary,” he said, weighing the odds.