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Friday, October 23, 2009.

Comedian Soupy Sales dies at 83 at a hospice in New York. In Washington, Democrats are scrambling to put a public option back in the health care reform bill, and the Yankees are suddenly in danger of blowing their second ALCS lead in as many trips. This is your Daily Surf Report, using the best videos on the web to keep you abreast of the day’s top stories.

New Hope For the Public Option?

Democrats on both sides of Congress are scrambling to find support for the so-called public option as a part of the health care reform bill. For several weeks, media consensus has painted any form of public option as a dead issue, particularly in the Senate, where having sixty votes in favor of the overall bill is crucial to preventing a Republican filibuster.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are both searching for some form of public option that can receive the necessary votes for inclusion. These options include offering states the choice to opt out of the program, or deferring the public health care plan as a “triggered” event only instituted if private insurers fail to provide affordable health care for enough people.

President Obama has repeatedly stated his belief that a public run health insurance plan is the only way to ensure the private insurance companies are competing on a fair and honest level.

Pie in the Sky: Comedian Soupy Sales Dies at 83

Upbeat comedian Soupy Sales, known for his trademark pie in the face shtick, was comedy royalty in the 50’s and 60’s. His television shows were ostensibly aimed at the funny bones of young boys, but fans of all ages are mourning his passing today. Sales died in a hospice in New York at the age of 83. The host of several of television’s first live shows, Sales’ playful humor endeared him to millions and gave him the leeway to put pies in the faces of some of America’s top icons, including Frank Sinatra.

In this ABC report, those who grew up with him remember the impact he had on their lives:

Angels Kill Yankees Rally With One Of Their Own

The American League Championship Series is getting interesting. What had appeared to be a formality in the New York Yankees unstoppable progression to the World Series is now drawing comparisons to the Yankees nightmarish collapse in 2004, when the Red Sox overcame a a 3-0 deficit to win four in a row and send the Yankees home for the off season.

Down three games to one in the best of sevens series, the Los Angeles Angels staged a come from behind rally in the seventh to snag the win on Thursday and take the series to 3-2.

There’s still plenty of work ahead for Los Angeles, however. To advance to the World Series, they will have to win the final two games of the ALCS - both in New York - and beat the Yankees dominant ace C.C. Sabathia in the final game of the series.

The winner will face the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series, who defeated the Dodgers four game to one and now have a chance to rest while the Angels and Yankees battle it out.

ESPN’s Baseball Tonight recaps the wild Angels win:

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