diff --git a/1989/vanb/README.md b/1989/vanb/README.md
index dafe9a381..516bd6aff 100644
--- a/1989/vanb/README.md
+++ b/1989/vanb/README.md
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ make all
 ### Try:
 
 ```sh
-./vanb the rug gary lent
-./vanb unix is better than os/2
+./try.sh
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/1989/vanb/try.sh b/1989/vanb/try.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..38b74d35b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/1989/vanb/try.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 1989/vanb
+#
+
+# 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: ./vanb the rug gary lent (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./vanb the rug gary lent | less -rEXF
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./vanb unix is better than os/2 (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./vanb unix is better than os/2 | less -rEXF
+
+
+
diff --git a/thanks-for-help.md b/thanks-for-help.md
index 4f878f44c..bdd735afb 100644
--- a/thanks-for-help.md
+++ b/thanks-for-help.md
@@ -808,6 +808,11 @@ IOCCC [Tetris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris) working (this of course was
 not his only reason :-) )
 
 
+## <a name="1989_vanb"></a>[1989/vanb](/1989/vanb/vanb.c) ([README.md](/1989/vanb/README.md]))
+
+[Cody](#cody) added the [try.sh](/1989/vanb/try.sh) script.
+
+
 ## <a name="1989_westley"></a>[1989/westley](/1989/westley/westley.c) ([README.md](/1989/westley/README.md]))
 
 [Cody](#cody) fixed this for clang, except that two versions generated by the program