 Just as Bergeron and others in tiki culture had done before him, Pandit invented a new persona (he was born John Roland Redd) by claiming to be a French-Indian musician from New Delhi when he was in fact born in the United States and would be considered by some to be African-American.The TV detective show "Hawaiian Eye" (1959-1963) prominently featured a Tiki during its credits, and although shot mostly in California it helped to promote the island while spinning off tiki motific comic books and games.Harry Yee is generally attributed with inventing a Hawaiian Eye cocktail named after the show.