Barack Obama is first guest on David Letterman's new Netflix show

Two people you may have missed during the current political moment: David Letterman and Barack Obama.

You’re about to get them back — at the same time.

That would be on Friday, Jan. 12, when Netflix debuts “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman,” the former late-night host’s return to … well, not TV, exactly, but to the interviewing business.

The show's title rings true for the first episode: Obama, a somewhat frequent guest on Letterman’s show on CBS, is the first guest. You can begin streaming the show at Netflix.com at 1:01 a.m. Arizona time.

Netflix didn’t provide episodes for review. However, in a clip, Obama talks about breaking out his “dad moves” when he and his daughter Sasha met Prince. (“The key is what we call staying in the pocket,” Obama says.)

Letterman has talked, in rare interviews, about how he doesn’t miss the grind of a nightly show. Perhaps with that in mind, Netflix will present a new episode with a new guest every month. And yes, it's taking the title seriously. Future guests include George Clooney, Tina Fey, Malala Yousafzai, Howard Stern and Jay-Z.

“You never know when you might learn something,” Letterman says in the trailer for the show. “That’s what this is about for me.”

Of course, this being Letterman, that’s not all it’s about.

“I can’t tell you how great it is to be out of the damn house,” he says.

Reach Goodykoontz at bill.goodykoontz@arizonarepublic.com. Facebook: facebook.com/GoodyOnFilm. Twitter: @goodyk.

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