Florida retiree is stunned to learn dull video he recorded in the 80s is now being used by millions on YouTube to send them to sleep

17:09 EDT 06 May 2024, updated 17:13 EDT 06 May 2024

A YouTube video dubbed the ‘most boring video of all time’ has racked up more than three million views from a legion of fans hailing it as the ultimate sleep aid.

Ormond Beach retiree Randy Smith was working for Florida Marketing International when he recorded the two-hour tutorial about an early version of Microsoft Word in 1989.

The softly-spoken salesman was alerted to the unexpected afterlife of his video explainer to the obsolete technology late last year when he received a text from a stranger thanking him for putting her to sleep.

But he remains modest about the success of his most popular work and its impact on the sleeping habits of his audience.

‘Why somebody who has no interest in Microsoft Word would be watching it, especially such an old version, I have no idea,’ he said.