"Broad City," created by, written by and starring the amazing comedy duo Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glaser, is a Comedy Central show about two best friends in their 20s (Abbi Abrams and Ilana Wexler) living in New York City. But of course, it isn’t just about that. It’s about everything, and the best part about this show is that the whole environment of the sitcom feels real and relatable (probably because a lot of the situations in the show are taken from Abbi, Ilana and the other writers’ real-life experiences), right down to Abbi and Ilana’s characters’ typical conversations. "Broad City" is amazing in what it stands for: realistic and relatable people.

"Broad City" also happens to be me all-time favorite TV show. Lucky for me and all the other passionate "Broad City" fans in the Ithaca area, Abbi and Ilana paid a visit! Last weekend, the Cornell University Program Board had Abbi and Ilana at Cornell’s Bailey Hall for a live Q&A at a program called: Broad City LIVE! The set questions were moderated by an executive board member of the CUPB.

Left: Abbi Jacobson, Right: Ilana Glaser (in Bailey Hall at Cornell University)

The two comedy queens came onto the stage and sat down in their comfy couch chairs, and after the audience seemed to calm down (as if I ever calmed down at any point during the event), Jacobson and Glaser raved about their tea experience at Ithaca's Moosewood earlier that day. Then they were asked to start off talking about the early days of their careers. They met at the famous UCB Theatre in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, a “home for all things comedy” and one of the best-known improv schools founded by Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh. For two years, Jacobson and Glaser took UCB improv classes, paid to perform and, meanwhile, their parents started asking worrisome questions about where their careers were headed.

It was at this point, Ilana Glaser tells us, that they decided to “make something more tangible...something we can send our parents a link to,” and that’s when they started the Broad City web series (which Ilana calls a “younger form” of the current Comedy Central sitcom). I’ve watched every episode of their two-season web series (all on YouTube, here. Trust me when I say they’re worth watching. If you know the show, you’ll definitely spot some familiar scenarios). After an experimental first season, Jacobson and Glaser decided to take season two of the web series more seriously and eventually, they got Amy Poehler (one of the “UCB4”) to be in their web series finale and then involved in their groundbreaking show. When asked about how they got her into the equation, Abbi and Ilana laugh about vaguely asking if Poehler would “think about doing some sort of comedy project, hmm, I don’t know, say something like ours?” Thankfully, she was! Ilana describes first meeting Amy as “cool and normal and we clicked creatively,” so adding her to the team was a great fit. In September 2011, they sold the show to FX, and after it was dropped about half a year later, they sold it again to Comedy Central; the latter is where they made their pilot. "Broad City" aired on Comedy Central in January 2014 and there have been two seasons (10 20-minute episodes each) since.

So why is it such a great show? Clearly, many people agree as the Broad City LIVE! event at Cornell was sold out, and the sitcom is currently filming the third season. I love "Broad City" for so many reasons that it could be a whole other article (and probably will be).

At the Q&A, the duo talk about why they love their show:

Ilana: “I love "Broad City!”

Abbi: “Wait...you do?”

Ilana: “I love it. I’m like, it’s such a good f*cking show, I love it, and the reason it’s so good is that it’s very real.” (Amen, Ilana! Part of the reason why it’s so “real” is that the majority of the cast are their real-life friends, so it’s very organic to work with each other.)

Ilana: “The more organic it is, the more organic the audience can feel.”

Topics that they discussed a lot of the Q&A, that kept cropping up, was women’s sexuality and censorship. On the show, women’s sexuality is not shamed or euphemized as mainstream media typically treats it, so "Broad City" is basically sending the message that the media tend to hush: that women have sex, too, and that’s okay. The show works hard to break the double-standard and does a great job doing it.

“Censorship is so...weird,” Ilana said, “Notice when watching TV how women’s pleasure is censored over men…(in a sing-song voice:) Notice it...YAAAS!”

Abbi and Ilana tell the story of when they had the word “fook” written into the script for an episode (S02.06: “The Matrix”), and they had to fight Viacom for it. “We wanted it to be very clearly “fook,” not “f*ck,” Abbi emphasized. How did they win that fight? The Viacom representatives on set that day saw Abbi actually fall on her butt trying to kick a soccer ball while wearing roller skates and thought that was so funny, that they let them say “fook.”

Another awesome part of the live Q&A was Abbi and Ilana’s talk about the upcoming third season, airing on Comedy Central in February 2016. When asked about how the third season is going, they said, “It’s the third time, so we’re not sh*tting ourselves with anxiety being like (in song:) ‘what does a TV show look like to make?’" Ilana adds, "It’s more comfortable, there’s more room to have fun.”

They talked about one “goofy moment” that happened while filming that involved a tent flying away and Abbi, not expecting it to happen, essentially got really scared, saying she, “reacted like a top of tent blew off.” Ilana describes the moment as: “Genuinely: OH SH*T” Abbi gives more detail about the making of this scene, that men with fishing lines pulling on the tent to make it look like it was blown away. Ilana said it was funnier in the tent. She said when we see it in season three we’ll just react like, “Oh, she was really surprised.”

After they quietly discussed whether or not they were allowed to tell us about any upcoming guest stars and decided they could because he posted it on Twitter, they announced that Alan Alda will be featured in one of season three’s episodes.

The final pre-set question of the night was: “What would your characters’ Tinder profiles look like?” Abbi smiled and said, “This season…you might find out,” then shouted laughingly, “You’re really getting it out of us, getting it all out there!” Near the end of the event, they opened up the floor for some audience Q&A and ended the night with a fairly awkward impromptu improv scene with some audience members and the question moderator. Overall, seeing Abbi and Ilana and hearing them discuss "Broad City" in all its brilliant glory was a night I will always appreciate.

And if you haven’t watched "Broad City," DO IT!

You can find episodes on Amazon Prime Instant Video, Hulu, iTunes and Comedy Central’s app.

Have you seen all of the episodes and can’t wait until February for the third season? I highly recommend watching their web series on Youtube. Abbi and Ilana also release “Hack into Broad City” short videos that are hilarious on their "Broad City’s" Facebook page and the Comedy Central website.