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| Founded | Louisville, Kentucky (December 1998) |
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| Founder | Dominic and Brennan Latkovski |
| Services | Sports Entertainment |
Number of employees | 17 |
| Website | zooperstars |
ZOOperstars! is a traveling inflatable entertainment act,[1] based in Louisville, Kentucky who utilizes comedy, acrobatics, tricks and maneuvers accompanied by synchronized dancing to entertain.[2] The name ZOOperstars! is derived from the "pun-based animal athlete monikers such as Shark McGwire, Ken Giraffey Jr. and Tim Tebull."[3] Currently, the mascot dance troupe has over 40 different characters[3][4] who sport similar pun-based names. The ZOOperstars! act is one of the busiest traveling entertainment acts in the business.[5] In the sports industry, they are most famous for their popular "Eat It" skit where "the impressively tall inflatable clam clad in a Sammy Sosa jersey greedily "devours" opposing coaches, bat boys, or whoever else happens to be around, then spits out his meal's shirt, shoes, and cap, all while Weird Al Yankovic's Eat It plays in the background."[6] Their most notable accomplishment could be a earning a place in the Top 20[7] in 2008 on NBC's America's Got Talent.
- ^ The Mid-Majority Interview: Dominic Latkovski
- ^ USA Today: Holy Canary: Mascot troupe takes off
- ^ a b MILB.com: Latkovski's passion fuels traveling act
- ^ List of ZOOperstars! characters
- ^ Quad Cities Online
- ^ Bloomberg Business Week: Sport's Sultans of Silly
- ^ 'America's Got Talent' reveals five more third-season Top 20 acts