By Kelly Wiley

Being a bouncer at a club has a few perks. There’s the occasional free alcohol, breaking up tedious bar fights and catching fake IDs, but for comedian Rob Busboom it’s more than that. It’s where his career began.

In 1997, Busboom was a bouncer for One-liners Comedy Club and Music Hall in Greenwood, Ind. He started out as the bouncer, which then turned into him becoming an MC, and eventually it led to a comedy career on the road. Wednesday that road is leading him to the Cats Den for Comedy Caravan at 8 p.m..

Busboom said it is hard to say what sets him apart from other comedians except for the fact that he is louder than most.

“There are so many different kinds of comics,” Busboom said. “Each comic, even if they are similar, has their own unique style because we are all different people, so my comedy is different because it’s me.”

There is no gimmick that Busboom uses to distance himself from others like some of comedians with lines like “git-r-done” or “that’s not right.” But, if he had to make a comparison, he would say he is a cross between Louie Anderson and Chris Farley.

Like most of the comedians who come to Comedy Caravan, his comedy is geared towards college students.

“I wouldn’t be appropriate for a cruise ship because older people wouldn’t get it at all,” Busboom said.

Busboom said he has not done any TV shows or anything people will remember, but he is one of the most requested comedians on XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio.

When Busboom was at Purdue University he majored in honors physics before switching to creative writing. Busboom said his writing was humorous and his fellow students thought so too, and now, 35 years later, Busboom is doing something he loves, he said.

Busboom said students should come just because it’s free and it’s at 8 p.m.

“What else are you going to do besides be on Facebook or chat on your computer,” Busboom said.