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Logo descriptions by mr3urious and MegaAveron25
Logo captures by OofusTwillip and Eric S.
Video captures courtesy of OofusTwillip and Eric S.

(1970-1981)

Note: Ontario Educational Communications Authority is the predecessor of TVOntario.

OECA (1970s-1981)OECA (1970s-1981)OECA (1975)

Nicknames: "The Evil Eye", "The Yellow Eye" (1st variant), "The Rainbow Eye" (2nd variant), "The Rainbow Eye-The Gray/Blue Eye Transition" (3rd variant) , "The Creepy O From Ontario" , "The CBS Eye's Half Brother", "The Jaundiced Eye"

Logo: There are three different variants of this logo.

Variant 1: Against a black background, a large yellow "eye" composed of concentric circles comes in from the left, which flips around. As it flips, it is revealed that the eye is bent slightly. The circles look somewhat like this:

O

They are all arranged diagonally, at opposing right angles. As the eye makes its way to the center of the screen, all the circles (except the innermost one, which fades to white) collapse below it, one by one, forming a white horizontal line. Then, it unfolds into the words

ONTARIO
EDUCATIONAL
COMMUNICATIONS
AUTHORITY

which are all written in white. They move downward and then move their way slightly upward. At the same time, the circle fades back to yellow, and a series of concentric circles zoom in from inside it, re-forming the same eye from earlier.

Variant 2: We see various lines stretched out across the screen, which retract 1-by-1 to form the eye as seen in the 1st variant, only in various colors. The eye flips upward once as the usual text flies into place

Variant 3: We see the rainbow eye from the 2nd variant, then circles zooms in one-by-one outwards, while the same eye, but with two dark-gray outer circles and three light-gray inner circles, zooming and flipping vertically in to the near-top of the screen, once it's done, the usual text zooms in word-by-word, while outer and inner circles of the eye turn dark-blue and lavender, respectively.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: All of the effects are done using primitive '70s Scanimate techniques. The music sounds like a Moog synth being wiped on the keys, and the animation looks very cheap.

Music/Sounds: An ominous, warbling Moog synthesizer piece, which gets even louder when the logo is fully formed.

Availability: Pretty much extinct on TV. Seen on OECA-produced TV programs of the period, and should be found on old tapes.

Scare Factor: High to nightmare, due to the dark atmosphere and creepy music.




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iTzNQQB Another Variant. 0 Oct 12 2014, 7:57 AM EDT by iTzNQQB
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I've spotted another variant on the 1st Episode of Readalong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJweXCz_-qY
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