and William Lucking, and all that worked on the show, i turned 13 on sept. 24 1982, two days after the goldmonkey pilot. my parents had divorced the year before, and i was having a bad year. i just wanted to thank all of you for the show and let you all know how much hapiness it brought a kid that was having a hard time at that point in his life. you gave me role models and someone to look up to. true heroes. thank you. chuck rugar.