diff --git a/2011/zucker/README.md b/2011/zucker/README.md
index 7c160afb9..2a1e1ed11 100644
--- a/2011/zucker/README.md
+++ b/2011/zucker/README.md
@@ -14,15 +14,17 @@ binary mode from text mode. See [alternate code](#alternate-code) below.
 ./zucker > image.ppm
 ```
 
+Now open `image.ppm` with your image viewer of choice.
+
 
 ## Try:
 
 ```sh
-./zucker "Hello\!\!\!" > hello.ppm
-./zucker faster\! -preview > image2.ppm
+./try.sh
 ```
 
-Display the PPM image with your favorite image viewer.
+After running `try.sh`, open the PPM images `ioccc.ppm`, `hello.ppm` and
+`image2.ppm` with your image viewer of choice.
 
 
 ## Alternate code:
diff --git a/2011/zucker/try.sh b/2011/zucker/try.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..df0444eb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2011/zucker/try.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 2011/zucker
+#
+
+# 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
+
+# in this case we won't fail if we can't compile the code because we can still
+# run the supplementary program.
+make CC="$CC" all >/dev/null
+
+# clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
+clear
+
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./zucker > ioccc.ppm: "
+echo 1>&2
+./zucker > ioccc.ppm
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./zucker \"Hello!!!\" > hello.ppm: "
+echo 1>&2
+./zucker "Hello\!\!\!" > hello.ppm
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./zucker faster\! -preview > image2.ppm: "
+echo 1>&2
+./zucker faster\! -preview > image2.ppm
+echo 1>&2
+
+
diff --git a/thanks-for-help.md b/thanks-for-help.md
index e8ad23df5..c7f603d72 100644
--- a/thanks-for-help.md
+++ b/thanks-for-help.md
@@ -3676,13 +3676,15 @@ header files). To build try the alt rule of the Makefile.
 
 ## <a name="2011_zucker"></a>[2011/zucker](/2011/zucker/zucker.c) ([README.md](/2011/zucker/README.md]))
 
-[Cody](#cody) added [alt code](/2011/zucker/README.md#alternate-code) that should work on
+[Cody](#cody) added the [try.sh](/2011/zucker/try.sh) script.
+
+Cody also added [alt code](/2011/zucker/README.md#alternate-code) that should work on
 Windows, based on the author's remarks that if the system distinguishes binary
 and text then `stdout` needs to be set to binary mode.
 
 Cody also added the PDF file
-[sphere-tracing.pdf](/2011/zucker/sphere-tracing.pdf) in case the link eventually
-dies.
+[sphere-tracing.pdf](/2011/zucker/sphere-tracing.pdf) in case the link
+eventually dies.
 
 
 # <a name="2012"></a>2012