Huisman co-founded Lucifer in which he played drums while Eshuijs performed lead vocals; he made his television-debut on March 18, 1975, appearing on Van Oekel's Discohoek (a parody of chart-show TopPop).

Huisman left Lucifer after the success of House for sale and was replaced with Jan Pijnenburg, future drummer of pop/reggae-band Doe Maar.

He began to incorporate a lip-synch contest which was converted into a TV-format in 1983 after he was discovered by producer Joop van den Ende.

From 2003 till 2009 Huisman worked for evengalical broadcaster EO; he documented his quest for God in a series of interviews with converts and ended up embracing christianity.

Eind 2007 en begin 2008 was hij actief in België, als jurylid in het tv-programma Steracteur Sterartiest op de Vlaamse openbare omroep VRT.