It is exhausting to consider it has been 50 years for the reason that Ingalls household made their community tv debut in 1974.”Good Morning America” caught up with forged members Melissa Gilbert (Laura), Karen Grassle (Laura’s mom Caroline) and Alison Arngrim (Laura’s nemesis, Nellie Oleson) to have fun the fiftieth anniversary of the sequence and focus on its lasting legacy.As for why generations of followers have continued to observe the present lengthy after its 200-plus episodes throughout 9 seasons got here to an finish in 1983, Grassle had a thought.”Individuals are discovering values, consolation and a message that they lengthy for,” she mentioned. “And I feel, you realize, it is simply easy human decency.”(High L-R) Matthew Laborteaux, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Dean Butler, Melissa Sue Anderson, Linwood Boomer (backside L-R) Karen Grassle and Lindsay/Sidney Greenbush seem on set of “Little Home on the Prairie” season seven.NBCUniversal through Getty Photos, FILEArngrim added that the present felt like a success on the time however its endurance is “completely mind-blowing” to her.”It is overwhelming, truly,” Gilbert chimed in. “I am remembering a lot, and a lot of my childhood and so many great experiences and emotional experiences hooked up to all of those individuals.”Amongst those that have left a long-lasting impression on Gilbert is the late Michael Landon, who not solely performed Ingalls patriarch Charles, a.ok.a. “Pa,” but additionally produced the sequence in addition to directed and wrote many episodes.”Technically he was the TV lady dad,” Arngrim laughed.Michael Landon seems as Charles Philip Ingalls on this undated picture from “Little Home on the Prairie.” NBCUniversal through Getty Photos, FILEGilbert known as Landon, who died in 1991 on the age of 54, “magnetic,” saying he “drew me in however he additionally performed with me straight away.””Our relationship instantly grew to become parental,” she continued. “However he handled us when he labored with us like contemporaries, not like children.”As Gilbert’s Laura was rising up from little lady to girl on the present, she was additionally guided by her TV mother.Grassle, when reflecting on what Caroline — or “Ma” — gave Laura and, by default, those that watched the present, mentioned she “can solely suppose it is love.”The trio of actresses — and different forged members — will reunite on the “Little Home on the Prairie fiftieth Anniversary Solid Reunion & Pageant” this weekend for the three-day competition working March 22-24 in Simi Valley, California. Get extra particulars right here.See then-and-now images of the “Little Home on the Prairie” forged members:Melissa Gilbert (Laura Ingalls Wilder)Melissa Gilbert on “Little Home on the Prairie,” left, and Melissa Gilbert, March 21, 2024 on “Good Morning America.”Getty Photos/ABC NewsKaren Grassle (Caroline Ingalls, a.ok.a. “Ma”)Karen Grassle on “Little Home on the Prairie,” left, and Karen Grassle, March 21, 2024 on “Good Morning America.”Getty Photos/ABC NewsAlison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson)Alison Arngrim on “Little Home on the Prairie,” left, and Alison Arngrim, March 21, 2024 on “Good Morning America.”Getty Photos/ABC Information