But there are also many sequences when you spot the hovering punch lines long before they land.
As before, the bomb hovers above, like an evil moon.
Shortly before the camera hovers on the Irish butcher shop, President Ronald Reagan pays tribute to "the forgotten heroes of America, those who create most of our new jobs, like the owners of stores down the street".
Investment, which before the crisis hovered around 30% of GDP, has since fallen to about 20%.
The week before, paparazzi helicopters hovered as Prince William and his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, settled into Hancock Park.
And her feet, her bare feet, are in the water now, the canoe hovering before her and threatening to tip first one way and then the other until all at once she's firmly planted in the seat and the paddle is working in her sure tight grip and the shore retreats behind her.
It seems that the sun-starved peoples of this land are all looking for some invigorating, outdoorsy way of celebrating the highest hovering of the sun before slipping back toward a damp and unyielding English winter.
At first all seemed well, as the balloon lifted above the heads of the crowd, hovering for a moment before first heading over Hyde Park.
"I suppose that's worth something, isn't it," the male said, flicking his tail to entertain the school children hovering over the rail, before slowly making the rounds, prowling, King of the Jungle.
In fact, it rapidly ascended in popularity, before hovering around the fourth or fifth slot (you guessed it, "Happy Birthday Nick" remained quite strong).
