That's it guys! Adding the print statement and the newline is what did it! You guys rule! And I just know if I persist at learning this stuff, obvious things like this won't bite me in the ass anymore.
Cheers!
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
$^I = ".bak";
while (<>) {
if (/^#!/) {
$_ .= "## Copyright (C) 2008 by C'est Mois\n";
}
print;
}