The Liberian registry loophole is real, and is the reason why around one-third of the shipping tonnage in the world comes from vessels registered with the West African nation. This registration is overseen by a company called the Liberian International Ship and Corporate Registry, which is chartered by the Liberian government, but based in Vienna, Virginia.
This episode's title, and guest-starring credits don't appear for the first 9 minutes. Usually they appear within a minute of the series' opening titles, and theme.
The Kenny Hollywood character played by Steve Landesberg is briefly referred to by name the following season in Hotel of Fear (1977).
The episode's title is based on a play on a well-known aphorism, that being; 'there's a sucker born every minute,' oft-times attributed to legendary showman, P.T. Barnum. Since the episode's about a maritime shipping con, the line's altered to; 'there's a sucker in every port'.