I thought Kelsey Cook was joking in her online bio when she said her parents are an international yo-yo champion and a member of the Foosball Hall of Fame. But she does indeed come from minor sports royalty, even scoring with a series of videos where she hustles unsuspecting Vegas bros in foosball.

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She turned those stories and other life experiences into The Hustler, a stand-up special on YouTube that has more than three million views and counting. This Friday, the special moves to Hulu to find an even wider audience. I recently spoke to Cook about the zen of comedy, foosball and dating other comics.

“My whole life, my parents would stand me on a stool so I’d be tall enough to see the top of the (foosball) table. Then they’d put their hands on my hands and teach me how to shoot it. It’s the reason I exist,...