Going back to the shocking revelation that Sushi didn't really like Hit the Road...
It didn't quite click with me as a kid, partly because I didn't understand the setting. I had no idea of the concept of an American road trip or that the wacky locations were spoofs of tacky tourist traps. I was just like "this is weird". Somehow, it only hit me years later when I was watching some film and realised "oh right, this is like in Sam and Max!"
I replayed it semi-recently and it's great. And it's still the only Sam and Max game I've played for longer than 15 minutes. Sorry Skunkape.