The song "Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody" is credited in the closing credits as to be sang by Louis Prima. However the version played in this episode is by David Lee Roth.
The editor-in-chief said in the conference room that "Spiegel publishing" bought "Stern magazine". In real life it is the other way around, as "Gruner + Jahr", the publishing house of "Stern" owns 25% of "Spiegel".
Before the 1983-scene in which Elisabeth enters the hotel, the Hamburg touristic ship "Alstercabrio" is visible. This ship wasn't in use until 1995.
"Just a Gigolo" in the version of David Lee Roth is played on the radio during the opening breakfast scene, set in 1983. David Lee Roth recorded the song in 1985.