diff --git a/1986/bright/README.md b/1986/bright/README.md
index 154ecff9b..40c779acf 100644
--- a/1986/bright/README.md
+++ b/1986/bright/README.md
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ make all
 ### Try:
 
 ```sh
-./bright bright.c
-
-./bright bright
+./try.sh
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/1986/bright/try.sh b/1986/bright/try.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ed7eef0bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/1986/bright/try.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 2000/tomx
+#
+
+# 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
+
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./bright bright.c (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./bright bright.c | less -rEXF
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./bright bright | tail -n 15: "
+echo 1>&2
+./bright bright | tail -n 15
diff --git a/thanks-for-help.md b/thanks-for-help.md
index ae0466a3f..bb08c871b 100644
--- a/thanks-for-help.md
+++ b/thanks-for-help.md
@@ -340,6 +340,11 @@ Cody also added the [try.sh](/1985/sicherman/try.sh) script.
 ./applin.c` or `./applin`; they can do either `./applin.c` or `./applin`.
 
 
+## <a name="1986_bright"></a>[1986/bright](/1986/bright/bright.c) ([README.md](/1986/bright/README.md]))
+
+[Cody](#cody) added the [try.sh](1986/bright/try.sh) script.
+
+
 ## <a name="1986_hague"></a>[1986/hague](/1986/hague/hague.c) ([README.md](/1986/hague/README.md]))
 
 [Cody](#cody) made this use `fgets()`.