Larry Vaughn's second appearance sees him sporting another summer jacket in pastel stripes that is reminiscent of the pattern of a deck chair. As he approaches the dock he asks Brody, 'Ben getting plenty of pictures for the paper?', which is either a reference to the uncredited Amity Gazette photographer or a fluffed line reading in reference to Harry Meadows. Or perhaps the sight of Richard Dreyfuss (who shared a few seconds of screen time with Murray Hamilton in The Graduate) acted as a subconscious trigger in the actor's memory and made him recall another Benjamin. Or perhaps he meant it as a sly reference to the rat that was the subject of a 1972 horror movie and a Michael Jackson hit. Or maybe he was chanelling George Lucas, who in 1974 was still going through draft after draft of his proposed space movie and working out the names for the characters. I guess we'll never know.
