Albert Brooks. Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Larry David. The best comedic actors play broad and real simultaneously, coming across as both larger than life and all too human. Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer pull off this same magic trick every week in Broad City, which returns for a 10-episode second season on Comedy Central in January. Broad City’s first season is full of moments that are insane . . . and yet make total sense. In one episode, Ilana whips off her shirt and bra to encourage onlookers to take out their cameras so Abbi can find her stolen phone. The shot of Ilana doing a weird topless dance in Central Park is “pause the screen” funny.

Thanks to their creators, Jacobson and Glazer, the characters Abbi and Ilana are believable and consistent. And what about offscreen—has success changed the two?

Jacobson: “Ilana has become pretty much a diva. She has a lot of assistants, but she doesn’t know their names. . . . She never takes the subway anymore. She won’t take the stairs. Not even an escalator.... And when someone doesn’t recognize Ilana? She lets them have it.”

Glazer: “Abbi has changed. She has those sneakers with the wheels on the heels and now she only slides places. . . . And she also wears wigs. She shaved her head and she doesn’t want to give that to America.”

For the latest batch of episodes, Jacobson and Glazer helmed the writers’ room and kept the focus on “day in the life” plots. The new season has “no big arc,” says Jacobson, “but definitely some bigger stories and awesome guest stars.” So, expect Abbi to screw up and Ilana to rant, and somehow it will all work out fine because they have each other.