‘Little Home on the Prairie’ Forged Slams Occasion Organizer for Not Saying Cancellations

The forged of Little Home on the Prairie is talking out and slamming organizers of the present’s fiftieth anniversary occasions.

Stars of the Western, together with Melissa Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Karen Grassle, Dean Butler, Charlotte Stewart and Matthew Labyorteaux, introduced on Sept. 6 that they had been cancelling upcoming occasions in Lyles, TN, Keystone, SD, Branson, MO and Corsicana, TX after attending “poorly organized and executed occasions” in Connecticut and Pennsylvania.

In line with a press launch obtained by PEOPLE from the forged on Oct. 1, additionally they despatched a letter to occasion organizer Jack Bishop and his firm Gravel Highway Markets LLC.

“Our letter to Mr. Bishop acknowledged the next: ‘This letter informs you that, efficient instantly, the undersigned members of the unique forged of Little Home on the Prairie will not help, promote, or seem at any Gravel Highway Markets, LLC occasions,'” the discharge acknowledged.

Additionally they requested Bishop and Gravel Highway Markets to “take away our names and likenesses from gross sales and advertising belongings supporting any upcoming Little Home on the Prairie fiftieth Anniversary occasions produced or promoted by Gravel Highway Markets, LLC, together with upcoming occasions in Lyles, TN; Keystone, SD; Branson, MO; and Corsicana TX.”

Nonetheless, the forged claims Bishop didn’t ship “public cancellations” of the occasions. Followers apparently arrived in Keystone, SD on Sept. 27-29 and a “comparable mischaracterization” affected followers in Lyles, TN on Sept. 13-15.

“Now, Jack Bishop is seemingly refusing to announce the cancellation of his Little Home occasions in Branson, MO (November 15-17) and Corsicana, TX (December 6-8),” the assertion mentioned, including that Bishop “seems to be benefiting from Little Home followers.”

In line with the forged, Bishop is itemizing the occasion on Eventbrite as “bought out” somewhat than “canceled.”

The assertion was signed by forged members, Gilbert, Grassle, Arngrim, Stewart, Labyorteaux, Butler, Wendi Lou Lee, Patrick Labyorteaux, Lucy Lee Flippin, Jennifer Donati, Leslie Landon Matthews, Pamela Roylance, David Friedman, Olivia Barash, Jonathan Kovacs, Jennifer Steffin, Michelle Steffin. They inspired followers to “search clarification” from Eventbrite on their buy.

Bishop didn’t instantly reply to PEOPLE’s request for remark.

Gilbert tells PEOPLE that Gravel Highway Markets LLC allegedly marketed the actress as a co-producer of those occasions, which was not the case.  

“It’s appalling, as a result of these will not be occasions that I might sanction or produce,” she says. “I am not a Comedian Con producer. None of us [are], proper? This isn’t our bailiwick.”

Gravel Roads Market LLC beforehand organized the Little Home on the Prairie 50^th Anniversary Forged Reunion and Pageant in March 2024 in Simi Valley, California, which introduced collectively a number of former forged members — together with Gilbert, Arngrim, Grassle and Butler — and hosted 1000’s of followers over three days.

On the Simi Valley occasion, which supplied set recreations and panels the place the forged reminisced about their time on the present, festival-goers waited hours for autographs and images with forged members, with some followers ready as much as six hours for time with Arngrim.

Little Home on the Prairie ran for 9 seasons from 1974 to 1983 and spawned three TV motion pictures — Little Home: Look Again to Yesterday, Little Home: Bless All of the Pricey Kids and Little Home: The Final Farewell — and have become part of the cultural zeitgeist.

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“After 50 years and counting, the Little Home on the Prairie household of forged and crew treasures and respects the worldwide fan neighborhood that has made our collection a permanent basic,” the assertion from the forged concluded. “In 2025 we’re devoted to bringing you ‘Little Home Love,’ larger and higher than ever.”