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They all stayed on for years, as did the "Brady Bunch" after the series ended. Putting these sitcoms into perspective from today's lenses, people would be in an uproar that they're too white and not diverse enough. There were families like that then ... and now. A person can check out some suburbs in the Mountain West, the Midwest, and the Southeast and see that. They will be far less common in other regions of the U.S. A living room American (Canadian, etc.) kids probably knew all too well ... Back on topic, these were good shows, as was "Bewitched." The best "Brady Bunch" episode had son Greg losing his dad's prints for a perfume company main office which ridiculously looked like a huge powder puff on stilts (sort of bad, like the basket building in OH). The prints slid out of a tube that Greg was transporting. (With AutoCAD, that would be a non-issue today.) As for "Bewitched," the best moments were probably of busybody Mrs. Kravitz exasperating her husband Abner, even though she really did see what she reported to have seen. Gladys and Abner ... classic!

Never seen LITB, before my time...about the only old sitcom I recall watching in reruns as a kid was the Brady Bunch, which was in color and closer in time to me.. my older brother was named Wally. He probably watched LITB as a kid in the 50s-60s.

Very sad that Tony Dow, Beaver's older brother Wally on "Leave it to Beaver," recently died from cancer. This tame "peaches and cream" sitcom well before the "innocence lost" factor in America and Beaver, Wally, Larry Mondello, and all those kids seem ageless and eternal. I've seen it in reruns and the best episode had to have been when they dared each other to climb a billboard for a soup product that had a cup emitting steam to see if there really was soup in it. They made the climb. It all went south from there. R.I.P. Tony Dow

My Jeep has push button start and an accessory mode. I occasionally use accessory so my phone w/ charge, but usually if I'm parked for a while and in it (esp. this time of year) I leave the engine running so the A/C runs.. Yeah, I was using them w/ my brother's vehicles, and then put them in my '69 and '87 Mustangs so they can be started and moved around at their current storage. Once they are restored/ready to register, I'll get better batteries. The shop I'm working with put new batteries of some sort in my brother's cars and motorcycles before the auction (except for the paperweights).

My Flex has an accessory mode and is push button start. All push button models cars I have driven over the years have the same feature. Just a push without applying the brake. Having set that, mine does shut off after ten minutes use to preserve the battery. I can turn it right back on but there is a timer to it that can be adjusted on most newer Ford models, mine included.

I do have push button start and there most certainly is an accessory mode. Just hit the start button without pressing on the brake pedal. I have my own additional subwoofer installed as OEM ones are weeeeak (10" JL Audio W6v3). My wife and I have absolutely waited in my car with just accessories on for longer than 10 minutes without the battery dying. It will auto shut off at 10 minutes but I just hit the start button again w/o pressing the brake pedal to turn accessories back on.