page_title: Seymore D. Fair
section_title: Character actors
hierarchical_section_title: Seymore D. Fair / Character actors
caption_attribution_description: English: 1984 World Fair in New Orleans. Fair mascot "Seymore D. Fair" posing off fair grounds, picture taken with personal camera.
context_page_description: Seymore D. Fair is a funny animal cartoon and costumed character who was the official mascot of the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition. An anthropomorphic white pelican, Seymore typically wears a blue tuxedo jacket, large top hat, spats, and white gloves. His name is derived from the N'Awlins "Yat" phrase "See more of the fair". Seymore had the unique distinction and honor of being the "world's 1st-ever" character mascot in the history of World Expositions.
  From Los Angeles to New York to Paris and London, Seymore performed on the world stage promoting the New Orleans World's Fair. Back home in the Big Easy he and his best friend Pepe' la Gator, entertained over 7,000,000+ visitors bringing smiles and laughter to all who experienced their magnanimous personalities.
  Seymore had many notable moments during his reign including promotional tours throughout the US and even in Europe. Once while in France, he was escorted out of the Louvre for being too "spectacular". During the 1984 Republican National Convention, he made a big splash rubbing feathers on stage with the likes of George H. W. Bush, Vice-President of the United States and interacted with numerous Chiefs of State.
context_section_description: Several actors were hired to perform as Seymore during the fair.  The original actor was none other than Jeff Davis, a Southern Mississippi alumnus who also wore their school mascot for four years prior to his graduation. In 1983, Jeff traveled the world as Seymore promoting the fair and continued through the fair's closing in November 1984.
caption: Seymore D. Fair, first ever World Expo Mascot.
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