With the Lincoln Memorial being defiled today by the presence of Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Dick Armey, and Alveda King, I needed something to take my mind off it. Here’s one clip that I liked, featuring outtakes from an interview with Ricky Gervais and Elmo on the set of Sesame Street. Keep in mind that the man behind Elmo, the lovely Kevin Clash, is crouching on the floor just out of camera range.

That title, of course, refers not to anything happening this Saturday in Washington, but to the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, held 47 years ago. Here is the video of the great speech delivered at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 2003 by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In addition to the great Bayard Rustin, who organized the event, the vast crowd that day included at least two other gay men: Frank Kameny and Paul Kuntzler, who eight years later would help create the Gay Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C.

Jon Stewart says of Glenn Beck and his rally set for Saturday on the Lincoln Memorial steps:

Glenn Beck does have a dream. Unfortunately, it’s the kind of dream you have when you eat four pepperoni Hot Pockets right before bed.