OK...I just watched this show on tape. I am so glad I taped it because it was quality TV. It was nothing like the daytime show at all. This is a format that allows for loads of celebrity chit chat with the required game play fit in the middle.
First off, when you get Ricki Lake to host a game show, you should know what you're gonna get. She screams. Point blank, she screams. That does not mean she's bad at what she does. She is very compitent at keeping a show going, and now has shown that she's good at keeping a gameshow going as well. But, you should get used to her screaming and being excited, because that's who she is. if you don't like that, then you should stop watching now, because she's not going to stop.
Secondly, I agree that the show was poorly edited. A few of the edits were awkward, and the show did not flow as we are used to. But, again, it was games from TPiR fit into another format. This was not an episode of TPiR. This was TPiR games being played on Gameshow Marathon. So, the edits, while awkward and very choppy, don't really bother me as much as if they messed up the daytime show and started shooting the show like this. Roger and crew do a very good job of editing and shooting the show every day and will never edit the show that badly.
Other that that, I look at it as it is...a show that's on the air in first-run episodes being given a tribute by a Gameshow tribute special. It's different than seeing a clip show, but it's still a tribute.
I know one of the goals of this is to get a companion show for Family Feud in Syndication for 2007. This won't get a nighttime version of Price anytime soon, but I think the other shows will translate better to this format. I am looking foreward to seeing Press Your Luck and Match Game.