The Duke AVS course is a biannual forum where surgeons could discuss the latest and most advanced techniques and instrumentation in vitreoretinal surgery. But to a fellow, the most important part is in fact the AVS fellows’ skit. Even more important than our clinical skills or research accomplishments, the quality of the skit has been considered the most important factor on how Duke fellows are judged. Over the past weeks, my colleagues and I spent nearly every waking moment putting together the video, surviving on online take-out from Papa John’s and Chipotle while enduring the prolonged winter cold. Even my free weekend trial of Elder Scrolls Online had to be cut short by all the video-editing. Together, we experienced and endured each other’s idiosyncrasies, scrutinzing and nitpicking through every detail of the skit – the script, the lighting, the camera angles, the music, the choreography, the lyrics, the white balances, video filters, the infinite white background, and even the font choice for subtitles. The fact that the four of us, with our particular, detail-oriented, and obsessive-compulsive personalities, could accomplish this without killing each other was beyond me. But the result was a highly-polished production that has surpassed all my previous skits, and the great reception we received last night was immensely satisfying. Years from now, we will have forgotten all the lectures or even the fancy speaker dinner at the Angus Barn, but we will never forget the experience of creating the AVS Skit of 2014. The show can now be seen on YouTube.