FUJITSU GENERAL AMERICA CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS

Bittersweet moment as I visited Fujitsu General America for the last time.  My favorite company and business partner for 30 years has been sold to Rheem Air Conditioning.  

To say I Love Fujitsu would be an understatement.  The company and its people have been in my blood and life for what seems forever.  Truly one of the most important, influential and meaningful relationships of my life.  Together we built a business in Hawaii like no other and established the brand that is now an integral part of Hawaii's culture.  I love Fujitsu and all of the people I have met through them in the United States and Japan.  Thank you for being a huge part of my life and allowing me to represent your brand in Hawaii.

FUJITSU GENERAL AMERICA

Left to Right:  Dennis Stinson, VP Sales, Erin Mezle, VP Marketing, Shirley Santos, 

Drew Santos, Tomokazu Hosoi, President

30 YEARS LIVING AND LOVING FUJITSU

 

DREW & KELI "LIVE" ON KITV4 ISLAND LIFE

After shooting a 5 minute segment for Island Life with Lina Girl, we were invited to the KITV4 studio for a "live" interview to promote the 2024 Cooling Cancer Golf Tournament.

Click link below to see another spot broadcast on KITV4;

https://greateatshawaii.blogspot.com/2024/08/admor-hvac-i-love-my-fujitsu-cooling.html

LIVE CHAT WITH LINA GIRL ON KITV4 ISLAND LIFE

WATCH THE VIDEO

 

ADMOR HVAC - I LOVE MY FUJITSU & COOLING CANCER ON ISLAND LIFE

Mahalo to KITV4 and Lina Girl for doing this nice story on a big part of my life.

Click link below to view the live spot on KITV4;

https://greateatshawaii.blogspot.com/2024/08/drew-keli-live-on-kitv4-island-life.html

ISLAND LIFE WITH LINA GIRL

WATCH THE VIDEO

 

FILMING NEW FUJITSU COMMERCIAL - "STICKY AS A GECKO"

FILMING NEW FUJITSU COMMERCIAL

HONOLULU, HAWAII

Blessed to be able to have friends Rich Miano, Greg Salas and Kanoa Leahey join Keli in filming a new Fujitsu television commercial.  We filmed the spot in my library which is filled with a lot of University of Hawaii sports memorabilia which is fitting since Kanoa is "The Voice" of Hawaii sports and Rich and Greg were superstars on the Hawaii football team.  Rich went on to play 11 seasons in the NFL with the Jets, Eagles and Falcons.  Greg was drafted into the NFL in 2011 and played for the Rams, Patriots, Eagles, Jets, Lions and Bills.  Incredible athletes and human beings who I am grateful to know and play a little golf with from time to time.  Me, Greg and Robby Toma are renowned for taking down Miano and his team in a dog eat dog golf classic at Turtle Bay.  Filming the commercial was a blast with some nice outtakes and bloopers.  My sincere thanks to Greg Davis at KHON2 who directed and produced the spot.  Greg is great to work with and always gets our message across with style.  He is a true television professional who takes great pride in his work and knows his stuff.  This spot was designed to promote the Fujitsu warranty and it was written by Kanoa Leahey, myself, Rich and Greg.  The original script was longer but we really had to cut it down to make the .30 seconds for tv.  I think it came out great and thank everyone who was involved with making this happen.

WATCH "STICKY AS A GECKO"

LEFT TO RIGHT: RICH MIANO, KELI, KANOA LEAHEY AND GREG SALAS

KELI

GREG SALAS

RICH MIANO

KANOA LEAHEY

NEW FUJITSU COMMERCIAL - KEEPING HOMES AND SCHOOLS COOL

KEEPING HOMES AND SCHOOLS COOL

NEW FUJITSU TELEVISION COMMERCIAL

Our sincere thanks to Gerard Elmore and Amber Skelton from KGMB for creating another fun Fujitsu Air Conditioning Commercial.  After doing the Coolest Man in the World and Ready to Party spots we had to tone it down and get back to good old family basics.  It was really fun working with Gerard who has done hundreds of local and national commercials.  He is very talented and a pleasure to work with.  We threw some curve balls to him during the shoot and he reacted calmly and rolled with what we had to work with.  This commercial features Keli and Rich Miano along with the Coolest Man in the World.  Filmed on location at St. Patrick's School, Sacred Hearts Academy, Rich Miano's home and the Admor HVAC warehouse in Honolulu.  Really want to thank Sister Ann Decosta and the kids from St. Patrick's for filling the classroom with a great group of kids and for allowing us to film at the school.  Big thanks to Betty White from Sacred Hearts Academy for allowing us to film on her campus with just a moments notice and to Rich and Lori Miano for letting us invade their living room to film the scene with Rich.  

CLICK TO VIEW OUR NEW COMMERCIAL

I LOVE MY FUJITSU AUTOGRAPH SESSION AT ALOHA STADIUM

I LOVE MY FUJITSU AUTOGRAPH SESSION

ALOHA STADIUM

Collette Corbin of ESPN1420 Radio in Honolulu put on a really fun event called the Jersey Fun Run at Aloha Stadium.   After the race, she organized an autograph booth featuring some of the personalities featured in our Fujitsu Air Conditioning television commercials.  So blessed to have friends like Rich Miano, Nate Ilaoa, Leonard Peters, Colt Brennan, Maa Tanuvasa and Tala Esera show up to spend time signing autographs and posing for photographs with their fans.  We even had Teilor Grubbs from the television series Hawaii Five O signing autographs in the tent.  Great to see Hawaii football fans showing up with jerseys, photos, helmets and footballs to be signed and great to see the droves of people who enjoy Fujitsu commercials and support the brand.

 

I LOVE MY FUJITSU AUTOGRAPH SESSION

AUTOGRAPH BOOTH AT ALOHA STADIUM

THE BAND CHAOTIC FIVE PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND

LEFT TO RIGHT: LEONARD PETERS, MAA TANUVASA, KELI SANTOS, NATE ILAOA, TALA ESERA AND RICH MIANO

FOOTBALL AND FUJITSU FANS LINING UP

TWO TIME SUPER BOWL CHAMPION WITH DENVER BRONCOS - MAA TANUVASA

COLT BRENNAN GETS INTO THE ACTION

KELI AND TEILOR GRUBBS FROM HAWAII FIVE 0

KELI WITH THE ESPN1420 SPORTS ANIMALS