There are two collaborative supergroups with this name: 1) featuring John Vanderslice and John Darnielle
2) featuring Finnish stand up comedians 1)
"The Comedians" is the name of a collaborative supergroup featuring John Vanderslice and John Darnielle. Darnielle put up a sketch of theirs on The Mountain Goats' website as part of a Christmas "tradition." http://www.mountain-goats.com/archives/2007/12/in-which-the-wo.html

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