All it took was one 30-second commercial to turn John Clayton into a Youtube phenomenon.

At last check, his new SportsCenter ad has generated nearly 2 million page views.

Clayton, 58, told USA Today’s Michael Hiestand the response has been overwhelming:

Clayton, who began writing about football in high school and lives in Pittsburgh, says being on TV gets him “recognized just about any place in public. But with this, it’s just like, wow!”

At 4:30 a.m. local time at the Kansas City airport Monday, “I was checking out my iPad and saw a tweet saying, ‘I can’t believe I’m sitting by John Clayton at the airport,’ ” Clayton said.

Later, Hiestand writes:

Clayton marvels that the ad has drawn more than 2 million Youtube hits. Yet he seems a bit disappointed: “They wouldn’t let me keep the wig.”

All I can say is: Hey Ma, I finished my segment!

Classic.