diff --git a/1989/fubar/Makefile b/1989/fubar/Makefile
index cd1421ae7..c372d36d6 100644
--- a/1989/fubar/Makefile
+++ b/1989/fubar/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ include ../../var.mk
 
 # Common C compiler warnings to silence
 #
-CSILENCE= -Wno-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-incompatible-library-redeclaration -Wno-implicit-int
+CSILENCE= -Wno-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-incompatible-library-redeclaration -Wno-implicit-int \
+	  -Wno-deprecated-non-prototype
 
 # Common C compiler warning flags
 #
diff --git a/1989/fubar/README.md b/1989/fubar/README.md
index 57133ad06..3488ee573 100644
--- a/1989/fubar/README.md
+++ b/1989/fubar/README.md
@@ -26,14 +26,17 @@ For more detailed information see [1989 fubar in bugs.md](/bugs.md#1989-fubar).
 ### Try:
 
 ```sh
-./fubar 2
+./try.sh # run on 1 - 7 
+
+./fubar.sh 2 # run via script
+./fubar 2 # run directly
 ```
 
 
 ## Judges' remarks:
 
 Run this with a single digit argument (or wait a long time and risk an infinite
-loop as described above).
+loop as described in the [bugs.md](/bugs.md#1989-fubar) file).
 
 The blank line at the beginning of the source is mandatory.
 Do you know why?
diff --git a/1989/fubar/try.sh b/1989/fubar/try.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..86445b6ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/1989/fubar/try.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 1989/fubar
+#
+
+# make sure CC is set so that when we do make CC="$CC" it isn't empty. Doing it
+# this way allows us to have the user specify a different compiler in an easy
+# way.
+if [[ -z "$CC" ]]; then
+    CC="cc"
+fi
+
+make CC="$CC" all >/dev/null || exit 1
+
+# clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
+clear
+
+fubar()
+{
+    if [[ "$#" -ne 1 ]]; then
+	echo "$0: expected 1 arg, got: $#" 1>&2
+    else
+	read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./fubar.sh $1: "
+	echo 1>&2
+	./fubar.sh "$1"
+    fi
+
+}
+
+for i in $(seq 1 7); do fubar "$i" ; done
diff --git a/thanks-for-help.md b/thanks-for-help.md
index 9d6a7058b..76169a5bd 100644
--- a/thanks-for-help.md
+++ b/thanks-for-help.md
@@ -761,6 +761,8 @@ not strictly necessary but nonetheless more correct, even if not warned against.
 Cody also 'modernised' the script to use `bash` and fixed for ShellCheck. The
 `if [ .. ]` was changed in the C code as well as the script.
 
+Cody also added the [try.sh](/1989/fubar/try.sh) script.
+
 
 ## <a name="1989_jar.1"></a>[1989/jar.1](/1989/jar.1/jar.1.c) ([README.md](/1989/jar.1/README.md]))