<P> The show's theme song and bridging music were written and recorded by Letterman's long - time bandleader, Paul Shaffer . Soon after it was announced publicly that Netflix had given the series an order, Shaffer received a phone call from Letterman asking him to work on the show . Soon after, Shaffer began to receive cuts of episodes from the first season and he started to put music in afterwards where the director thought it was needed . </P> <P> In developing the sound of the show's music, Shaffer initially looked to Letterman for guidance . Finding none, he remembered he and Letterman's shared love for the sort of music produced at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama describing it as "the honesty you hear, the southern soul feeling ." The score initially included drums but the show's producers and director thought that the music should "feel like it's Dave's old friend Paul playing," so it was ultimately stripped down to solely include piano, organ, and bass guitar . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Featured guest </Th> <Th> Original release date </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Barack Obama" "It's a Whole New Ball Game Now" </Td> <Td> Barack Obama </Td> <Td> January 12, 2018 (2018 - 01 - 12) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> Cold open: Letterman interviewing Obama on Late Show with David Letterman . On - location segment: Walking with Congressman John Lewis across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, site of the civil rights movement's Bloody Sunday in 1965 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "George Clooney" "You Be the Newsman, I'll Be Liz Taylor" </Td> <Td> George Clooney </Td> <Td> February 9, 2018 (2018 - 02 - 09) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> Cold open: Letterman and Clooney outside of LAX watching planes land and eating fast food . On - location segment: At the home of Nick Clooney meeting Iraqi refugee Hazim Avdal whom the Clooney family is sponsoring . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Malala Yousafzai" "You Know, She Has a Nobel Peace Prize" </Td> <Td> Malala Yousafzai </Td> <Td> March 9, 2018 (2018 - 03 - 09) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> Cold open: Letterman accompanies Yousafzai as she leads a tour group at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford . On - location segment: Yousafzai continues to lead the tour group as Letterman tags along, the pair browse in the University of Oxford shop, and Letterman eats lunch with Yousafzai's father . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "JAY - Z" "I Had a Paper Route Too" </Td> <Td> Jay - Z </Td> <Td> April 6, 2018 (2018 - 04 - 06) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> Cold open: None On - location segment: Letterman visits Shangri La Studio, speaks with music producer Rick Rubin and listens to Madison Ryann Ward recording . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 5 </Th> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> "Tina Fey" "It's Just Land Mine Hopscotch" </Td> <Td> Tina Fey </Td> <Td> May 4, 2018 (2018 - 05 - 04) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> Cold open: None On - location segment: Letterman and Blues musician Buddy Guy eat chicken and fries at the Athenian Room, one of Tina Fey's Chicago hangouts, while talking about the origins of the Chicago Blues . Later, Guy performs "Skin Deep", accompanied by Paul Shaffer, at his nightclub, Buddy Guy's Legends . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 6 </Th> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> "Howard Stern" </Td> <Td> Howard Stern </Td> <Td> May 31, 2018 (2018 - 05 - 31) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> Cold open: Letterman interviewing Stern on Late Night with David Letterman . On - location segment: Letterman rides horses with paleontologist / geologist Christa Sadler at Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Featured guest </Th> <Th> Original release date </Th> </Tr>

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