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Review: Letterman and Obama reunite for the debut of the late-night king's new Netflix show

After a three-year absence, a decidedly more casual version of America's longest reigning late-night host greeted an ecstatic studio audience with characteristic understatement: "I'm Dave Letterman. I had a show for a while, then I got fired."

Now he has another show, called "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman." It debuted Friday on Netflix, and the special guest who kicked off the premiere was also returning to the public eye.

"The stereotype of former presidents is that you're sitting around your house, waiting for someone to call," said the 44th president of the U.S., Barack Obama, in his first talk-show appearance since leaving office a year ago. "(That we're)

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