When the "Rowan Atkinson walks into a tree" sketch was first written, John Lloyd, whom read the sketch did not find it funny, did not get the joke and found it hopeless and when the sketch was filmed. Atkinson, as he walked down the street, looked at the camera, waved and mouths "Hello!" before actually walking into a tree and John Lloyd thought it was brilliant.
Rowan Atkinson later performed the "I, Believe" song in Saturday Live (1986) (TV Series).