Reader's Digest called Shaun Eli one of the smartest comics in the country. Shaun is the founder and host of Ivy Stand-up(sm) which has been featured on CBS News and was the subject of a front page story in the Philadelphia Inquirer. He continues to write political comedy for late-night television, for the print media and for the stage. His stand-up comedy can be heard on Sirius Satellite Radio and on his website www.BrainChampagne.com, one of the most popular stand-up comedy websites in the world.

More than just smart, funny and clever, he is determined to express his opinion passionately, not surprising for someone who wrote his first satirical essay at age ten.

His one-man comedy show "Business School... in About an Hour" opened at the American Embassy in Vienna, previewed in NYC and is now available for corporate, client, law firm, alumni association and non-profit organization entertainment.

When profiled in Fortune magazine Tonight Show host Jay Leno quoted one of Shaun's jokes, citing it as an example of the type of "smart comedy" which he's happy to include in his opening monologue. Jay has been incorporating Shaun's topical material in his monologue for more than a decade.

Drawing on his vast wealth of clean, clever material Shaun has quickly become one of New York's brightest, funniest, fastest-rising comedy stars. When Shaun takes the stage other comedians stop and watch. Comedians with ten times his experience have come to him for advice.

A graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Shaun is frequently published in The New York Times and has the unmatched achievement of having had two letters published in the Times the same day. Twice. He has also been quoted in a wide variety of other periodicals ranging from The Wall Street Journal and Business Week to Popular Photography to Food & Wine and the scientific humor magazine The Journal of Irreproducible Results.

Outside of the world of comedy, Shaun is a former world-class athlete in both rowing and dragon-boat racing, has trained lifeguards, and is an instrument-rated pilot. Shaun is an award-winning economic forecaster who once sold his car to a hitchhiker.

He bakes the world's greatest cheesecake. He's still friends with the first girl he ever kissed. You can watch his video and read more about him, including examples of jokes he's written for late-night television, satirical political essays and a schedule of his upcoming performance dates, on his web site www.BrainChampagne.com, where his slogan "Brain Champagne: Clever Comedy for Smart Minds(sm)" rings true.