An elderly couple have achieved YouTube stardom - by accident.

Grandparents Esther and Bruce Huffman, of McMinnville, Oregon, unwittingly pressed "record" on their new laptop's web camera in mid-August.

The resulting video, recorded without their knowledge, captures them messing around, worrying about wrinkles in their faces and questioning whether the camera is working.

The couple's granddaughter asked permission to post the video online, where it had racked up more than two million hits on YouTube by yesterday.

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