The actor, Buddy Hackett, who plays Mr. Fontini in this episode, is the same actor who provided the voice for Scuttle in Disney's The Little Mermaid.
Shawn Hunter appears to have a knack for languages, at least when money is involved. He can pick up basic Italian and learns Dutch rather fluently, as seen in An Affair to Forget (1996) and B & B's B'n B (1997).
Shawn quickly picks up and learns basic Italian.
16 year olds are not allowed to work in the docks that early in the morning.
The Italian restaurant is the famous Chubbie's.