Shamus (assistant to director, assistant to producer) 1973
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As auditions for the church organist begin, several people begin playing songs, including Shamus who plays Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire", Herbert who plays The Waitresses' "I Know What Boys Like" and Jake Tucker who plays "William Tell Overture".
Pynchon's main character, private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello, praises Staccato as "the shamus of shamuses," ranking him with past greats Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade.
William Shamus O’Brien (November 29, 1907 in Neilston, Scotland – November 28, 1981 in Bangor, Maine) was a U.S.-Scottish soccer inside left.