 On February 7, 1956, he appeared live on NBC's "Today" show, where he remained for 104 minutes in a sealed metal coffin that had been submerged in a hotel swimming pool, breaking what was said to be Harry Houdini's record of 93 minutes, though Randi calls attention to the fact that he was much younger than Houdini was when the original record was established in 1926.Randi was a frequent guest on the Long John Nebel program on New York radio station WOR, and did character voices for commercials.After Nebel went to WNBC in 1962, Randi was given the time slot, and from 1967 to '68 hosted "The Amazing Randi Show".