Tichenor also launched a 15-minute children's radio show on WSM called Wormwood Forest, which was sent live to NBC for national broadcast.
In 1949, Walt Disney (as himself and as Mickey Mouse) and Clarence Nash (as Donald Duck) made special appearances on the show.
He would go on to write two other informational books: Tom Tichenor’s Puppets (Abingdon Press, 1971) and Christmas Tree Crafts (J.B. Lippincott Company, 1975.)
[1] At the encouragement of an actor friend, Tichenor traveled to New York City in 1960 to audition his puppets for the upcoming Broadway production of Carnival!.
Tichenor was tasked with designing and building the show's central puppets, and also with training actor Jerry Orbach in puppetry.
[9] The show was a hit, and Tichenor's puppets appeared on the May 5, 1961 cover of Life magazine along with star Anna Maria Alberghetti.