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The new original series Funny Or Die’S High Science will debut Thursday, April 20 on discovery+ and HBO Max. The series stars Matt Klinman, and Zack Poitras, featuring Paul Bettany as the voice of futuristic, talking bong “Dr. Oh” who will take Matt and Zack on psychedelic trips of scientific discovery to blow their minds with real facts from the cutting edge of human knowledge. Episodes will become available to stream at the same time and the series will premiere two episodes weekly beginning April 26 on Discovery Channel.

Paul Bettany quote: “It was a pleasure to work with Funny Or Die and the creators, Matt and Zach, on a project that is so opposite to anything I have done before. ‘Dr. Oh’ is their creation that I’ve tried to sort of bring an avuncular warmth to. This one’s for those science fans with a sense of humor.”

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Apparently, it’s time to “get high on science.”

Discovery+ and HBO Max are debuting Funny or Die’s High Science, a hijinks-filled docuseries that focuses on “real facts from the cutting edge of human knowledge.”

Debuting April 20, High Science stars Matt Klinman and Zack Poitras as two stoner lab assistants who get high on science, while Paul Bettany voices the futuristic, talking bong “Dr. Oh” who takes the duo on psychedelic trips of scientific discovery. Episodes will become available to stream on HBO Max and Discovery+ and the series will premiere two episodes weekly beginning April 26 on Discovery Channel.

“It was a pleasure to work with Funny Or Die and the creators, Matt and Zack, on a project that is so opposite to anything I have done before,” said Bettany in a statement. ‘”Dr. Oh is their creation that I’ve tried to sort of bring an avuncular warmth to.

Brands and publishers that want to be funny without have to go through the hard work of actually thinking up jokes now have a new app at their disposal. It's called Pitch, it's backed by digital company platform Funny or Die, and it gives comedy writers the ability to submit jokes that can be used for certain campaigns.

Pitch's model resembles that of Tongal, a platform that helps brands crowdsource creative campaigns. In Pitch's case, partner publishers (early users include Avocados From Mexico and VaynerMedia, according to Variety) submit topics, and comedians, who are invited to use the app on an invite-only basis, think up riffs associated with those topics. The best jokes are voted to the top of the thread, and the publishers can purchase those cracks from the funnypeople who came up with them.

Pitch's founder, Matt Klinman (pictured above in a 2015 video), is a former Funny or...