...who was the comedian who came up with the name?

Not me, but what's wrong with it? There was a long discussion here about naming it. If it turned out to be genuine it would be quite nice for it to always remind people it was an amateur discovery, overlooked by the establishment. But then, if it is genuine, I bet they rename it.

So what would you call it?

I have to confess, I believe it was me. As Nigel said, there was a long discussion and I chucked in the name as a joke along with a few others and it seemed to stick.

I tried to verify that fact by doing a search, but the TMA search facility no longer seems to apply to forum posts. When did that happen?