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Sean O'Connell

WandaVision Was Inspired By Bewitched, But It Turns Out The Marvel Series Also Used Something Very Important From The Classic TV Program

Elizabeth Olsen's Wanda Maximoff in Scarlet Witch Halloween costume.

WandaVision holds the distinction of being the first Marvel Studios show to appear on the Disney+ streaming service, taking advantage of the longer-form storytelling afforded a show with episodes. When all is said and done, WandaVision probably remains the best Marvel TV show available on the service. That’s because of the amount of care that went into the replication of the classic sitcoms the show pays homage to because of Wanda’s breakdown. One of the programs referenced by WandaVision was Bewitched, and now I’m learning that a classic Bewitched location was used on the Marvel production. 

In WandaVision, Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) is coping with the grief caused by the loss of Vision (Paul Bettany), who was murdered by Thanos (Josh Brolin) in Avengers: Infinity War. Escaping her sadness, Wanda creates an alternate existence that casts her and Viz as sitcom characters in a world lifted directly from the sitcoms of the 70s, 80s and 90s. To capture the look and feel, WandaVision’s production team took over the legendary Blondie Street in Burbank, California. 

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