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ra. by Joey Sasso CONFIDENTIAL REPORT: The Fonz tackled his toughest task on the 'Happy Days' set when he had to talk a desperate teenager out of taking his own life. "He seemed a very desperate young man with no one to talk to but one of his TV heroes," says Henry Winkler, who plays the 'Happy Days' character. "It made me feel good to know that I might have saved his life. But I would really like to know what happened to him." Winkler was rehear­ sing for his hit TV series at the Paramount Studios when he got an urgent phone call from police in Indianapolis. "A police officer told me an 18-year-old man had taken a drug overdose and was threatening to take more pills unless I spoke to him," Winkler says. The star agreed to talk with the desperate youngster and for 40 minufes he kept up a life-or-death conversation as anxious 'Happy Days' colleagues clustered around. "I just told him everything that came into my mind.". . . Actress Linda Kelsey got knocked "about 10 feet into the air" when a van backed into a barricade that had been placed near her during shooting of the 'Lou Grant' TV series. "Her wrist was broken in two places and she bruised some ribs," said her spokesman Esme Chandler TV BACKSTAGE. Emmy winner Ed Asner tells me his TV life as newspaper executive Lou Grant owes quite a bit to the press. "When we started the series, we weren't that good. It was embarrassing We would probably have failed if we hadn't been supported by helpful comments from the critics.". . . 'Price Is Right' host Bob Barker reckons he has dished out more than $40 million as a game-show host. But the job has its problems. "I've been kicked, punched and even knocked to the ground by win­ ners," he says. . . . Success has turned sour for lovely Victoria Principal. First it cost her husband, and, if he wins his claim for alimony and half her fortune, it will cost her millions. Victoria, who plays Bobby Ewing's wife Pamela in the hit series 'Dallas,' is really a tough lady who clawed her way to fame and the money it brings. But actor-husband Christopher Skinner, 10 years younger than 32-year-old Victoria, wants half of all her assets, plus alimony, according to friends. And, under California law, he's entitled to it. One source told me, "Victoria is the rich half of the family and the divorce could cost her millions of dollars." That's part of the penalty of big 'Dallas' rewards. "When Larry Hagman began demanding more money Victoria asked for more too," the insider says. "She knows she's essential to the show, so her pay dou­ bled to $50,000 a show. That's $650,000 plus a cut of all the spin-off products which probably gives her around a million bucks a year in all. There will be millions more as the show picks up syndication." TV CLOSEUP: Cheryl Campbell, star of the upcoming 'Seven Dials' mystery, bewildered by the sights of New York, let alone the blights, went overboard and bought a three piece living room suite and other art-deco objects during her sightseeing spree. The Mobil Showcase special, to be seen March 5, is the first Agatha Christie made-for-television program to be seen in the U S.. . . Maureen Garrett, who's captured the hearts of viewers over the last four years as Holly Norris on 'Guiding Light,' has left the show to pursue work in Los Angeles. Her character, Holly, has also left town on the show to make things easier for her ex-hubby Ed. Wednesday Of Life Blair joins Duchess Daphne's cosmetic com­ pany as a sales represen­ tative and sets out to give plain Natalie a glamorous new image to prove the product's effectiveness to prospective buyers. (9© To Tell The Truth O Movie -(Comedy) •• "Starting Over" 1979 Candice Bergen, Burt Reynolds. A young writer, after a divorce, finds him­ self unmarried and in­ secure after seven years of what he considered a good relationship. (Rated PG)(106min8.) OMovie -(No information available) "Saturn 3" No Other Information Avail­ able. (Rated R) (2 hrs.) B38 Bible Baffle 8:50 Newscene 9:00 OO0 Ouincy A 9- year-old is slain and sex- uallymolestedandQuincy iscalledonbythepoliceto use his full arsenal of for­ ensic weapons to help them catch the mentally twisted killer. (60 mins.) O (9 (9 VegaSTotest the seemingly impenetr­ able security of the Desert Inn, Dan masterminds an intricate plan to empty the casino's depository, and engagesacuriousteamof skilled protessionals-not knowing that one of his cohorts plans to take the money and run. (60 mins.) 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