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- Episode One: “In Front Of A Live Studio Audience” WandaVision‘s debut episode throws us straight into 1950s sitcom territory. From the production design, the 4:3 black and white photography, and the nostalgic set and costume design — Wanda and Vision’s relationship in this episode draws heavily on the post-war domesticity of classic sitcoms like I Love Lucy, Leave It to Beaver, The Honeymooners, and The Dick Van Dyke Show, with Dick Van Dyke himself even consulted on the first two episodes.
- Episode Two: “Don’t Touch That Dial” Episode two really ramped up the Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie references. The opening credits themselves are an obvious homage to Bewitched‘s iconic animated credits.
- Episode 3: “Now In Technicolour” Aesthetically, this episode is straight out of the family sitcoms of the 1970s. Drawing from The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and The Courtship of Eddie’s Father — the episode’s opening credits specifically meld the openings of The Brady Bunch, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and The Courtship of Eddie’s Father.
- Episode 5: ‘On a Very Special Episode…’ After a way back to a more MCU-like reality in the previous episode, episode 5 plonked us right back into Wanda’s domestic sitcom bliss.
- Episode 1: "Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience" and Episode 2: "Don't Touch That Dial" Episodes 1 and 2 were the first introduction that audiences had to WandaVision, as they debuted on Disney Plus together.
- Episode 3: "Now in Color" The third episode of the Marvel series leans heavily on The Brady Bunch, which is perfectly fitting for the episode in which Wanda and Vision start their family.
- Episode 4: "We Interrupt This Program" As it takes place in reality, sitcoms reference don't really appear in Episode 4.
- Episode 5: "On a Very Special Episode..." The fifth episode of the series takes us into the '80s and through the early '90s, where the intro draws a lot of inspiration from Full House, Family Ties, and Growing Pains.
- Episode 1 - "Filmed Before A Live Studio Audience"
- Episode 2 - "Don't Touch That Dial"
- Episode 3 - "Now in Color"
- Episode 5 - "On A Very Special Episode..."
- Episode 6 - “All-New Halloween Spooktacular!”
- Episode 7 - "Breaking The Fourth Wall"
Episode 1 throws us squarely into classic 1950s sitcom territory, giving us the production design, the 4:3 black-and-white photography, and the general visual “vibe” of these types of shows immediately. I Love Lucy, Leave It to Beaver, The Honeymooners (down to Kathryn Hahn’s off-screen husband being named Ralph, Jackie Gleason's leading Honeymoone...
In Episode 2, we jump roughly a decade in genre time into the world of 1960s television comedy. Most specifically, the episode evokes I Dream of Jeannie, a 1965-1970 sitcom also about a powerfully supernatural woman trying her best to seem “normal” in American society, down to its similar animated title sequence and climactic shift into Technicolor...
Another episode, another shift forward by one decade in television history! From moment one, you can tell we’re in the 1970s, a time of rapid progression in the television comedy form, as if producers realized they couldn’t put the social unrest and desire for change from the ‘60s back into the genie/Jeannie bottle. The final moments of Episode 2 l...
After a brief, “fully takes place in a more traditional MCU-styled world outside of the sitcom” hiatus in Episode 4, we’re back, baby! And we’re cutting between this aforementioned MCU world and our increasingly surrealized sitcom world in a curious matter, trying our best to define and control certain labels and structures even as these labels and...
Television Halloween specials took a turn in the late 1990s and early 2000s, even (especially?) if the programs were intended for kids. A Boy Meets World episode hard-pivots into an out-and-out slasher tale, with surprisingly graphic kills. The Simpsons throws continuity out the window, content to skin its main characters, grind their bones and blo...
Wanna know what era of sitcoms this week’s WandaVision dives into? All you have to do is listen to the opening credits theme. From its rhythm to its chord progressions to it’s barely different melodic lines, Episode 7’s theme is unequivocally The Office’s theme, which alongside the episode’s title, handheld camera style, and pitch-perfect Jim Halpe...
- Gregory Lawrence
- Writer
- The Dick Van Dyke Show. The first episode of WandaVision, titled "Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience," introduced the show's concept. With Dick Van Dyke himself as a consultant on the series, Marvel attempted to make the show as accurate to sitcoms as possible, including understanding what makes them funny, to begin with.
- I Love Lucy. The classic sitcom I Love Lucy also shows up, both in the way the house is decorated and the storyline later in the season. The idea of Vision trying to impress his boss and ending up flabbergasted by his wife, who struggles to maintain the house, is straight out of the Lucille Ball playbook.
- Bewitched. It is not a surprise that WandaVision would pay tribute to the classic sitcom about a witch, Bewitched. The opening of the second episode, titled "Don't Touch That Dial," had the theme straight out of Bewitched and included several Easter eggs as well.
- The Brady Bunch. In the third episode, "Now in Color," WandaVision paid tribute to The Brady Bunch. The television show changed from black and white to color at the end of the second episode, and that led to the color era of televised sitcoms, where The Brady Bunch was always the most memorable.
- Devan Coggan
- 6 min
- "Filmed Before A Live Studio Audience" WANDAVISION. —WandaVision's sitcom pastiche starts in the late '50s and early '60s, riffing on black-and-white classics like I Love Lucy and The Dick Van Dyke Show.
- "Don't Touch That Dial" WandaVision. —With episode 2, WandaVision's sitcom world moves into the late '60s, taking inspiration from shows like Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie — two iconic stories about a magical woman trying to fit into a normal life.
- "Now In Color" WandaVision. —And so we move into the 1970s! All that wood paneling and the orange and teal color scheme make Wanda and Vision's new digs seem right out of The Brady Bunch or All in the Family.
- "We Interrupt This Program" WANDAVISION. —Our first episode set entirely in "the real world" reintroduces a few familiar MCU faces: Teyonah Parris' Monica Rambeau (first seen as a child in Captain Marvel), Randall Park's Jimmy Woo (introduced in Ant-Man and the Wasp), and Kat Dennings' Darcy Lewis (from the original Thor movies).
Mar 5, 2021 · On the surface, Disney+’s WandaVision is an homage to classic sitcom television, with Wanda Maximoff, a.k.a. Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) trapped in an evolving...
Mar 5, 2021 · Insider has curated a list of every TV show and sitcom that "WandaVision" is based on, copies, references, or is inspired by. Scroll down to take a look. Advertisement. 'The Dick Van Dyke...
