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Show I by Joey Sasso I I CONFIDENTIAL REPORT: A former wife and an ex-lover J I are combining to make the life of daytime television I I heart-throb Chris Robinson rival the steamiest soap I J opera. The real-life plot so far has seen: The blocking of I : his third marriage by his second wife, Sandy Tennarrt. I His arrest on theft charges filed by another woman. And a j II continuing battle over a paternity suit, filed by yet another j I woman 15 years ago. In the midst of all this, the star who I I plays Dr. Rick Webber on ABC's 'General Hospital' is be- II ing comforted by the woman who wants to be the third I Mrs. Robinson, model-actress Rhonda Plasterer ... I 1 Sexy Victoria Principal is a gal with a superstar future J I thanks to TV's hit series 'Dallas,' in which she portrays I I beautiful Pamela Ewing. But Victoria is also a gal with a f I past, a playgirl past that includes flings with 'older men' I I like Frank Sinatra and multi-millionaire financier Bernie I I Cornfield. Her other boyfriends have included Desi Ar- I I naz Jr., football star Lance Rentzel and even the f 1 Maharajah of Palitana. "I spent time with men who had I j! it all because I wanted it all too," Victoria admits. I TV BACKSTAGE: Dishy 'Dukes of Hazzard' star I J Catherine Bach vows that she will never fall into the I I Hollywood success trap. "There's a dangerous side to I I show business," she says. "I've seen it turn some other- I j wise nice people into ranting, raving maniacs. They drive I I themselves too hard and become physically and emo- I I tionally exhausted. They go kind of crazy and their I I behavior becomes outrageous. But you can take it from I I me, that will never happen to Catherine Bach. If I see any I I signs of it, I'd simply quit the business. Happiness means I I a lot more to me than being a star." . . . Reruns of the I I 'Brady Bunch' show are now being used to help troubled I I children, says proud ex-Brady 'mom' Florence Hender- I I son. "Psychiatrists use our show in counseling children," I I Henderson told me. "It's very rewarding to know and I'm I j proud of it," she added. The show ran for five years and 'I Florence says she enjoyed every minute of it. "There are I I so many violent shows on TV that try to tell it like it is. We I I were an idealistic show, and I was the expert on how the I I parents should act because I Was the only one there who I I had kids." - I TV CLOSEUP: Actor Dean Paul Martin reported for I military service at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard I I Base near Knoxville, Tennessee to begin training for a I I career as a jet fighter pilot with the California Air National I I Guard. Martin will complete a six-week officer candidate I I school leading to a commission as a second lieutenant in I I the Air Force Reserve, then attend USAF jet pilot training I I in Phoenix, Ariz. After earning his wings, he will serve as a I I 'weekend warrior' with the California Air Guard's 163rd I 1 Tactical Air Support Group at Ontario Airport. Martin will I I continue his association with ABC, with whom he signed I I a development pact earlier this year. He plans to do a I I series pilot as soon as he finishes his training ... I I Michael J. Stark is the new face on 'Guiding Light,' as I I private investigator Joe Bradley. Apparently the role was I I created especially for Michael whose only other daytime I I role was a brief stint as Dr. Simms on 'One Life to I I Live.' . . . David Soul, a clowning cop in 'Starsky and I I Hutch' on television and a swinging bachelor off-camera, I I wants to turn his life around. The former Hutch is going I I after 'serious, heavyweight roles.' And he's planning to I I settle down 'forever' by marrying Patti Sherman, who's I V divorced from former teen-idol Bobby Sherman. J |