(Average+) Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan

Series in one sentence:
Depression, ha ha.

Series in more sentences:
A once optimistic gymnast lives an unfulfilling, lonely life as a children's show host, working in an exhausting environment that exploits its employees.

There's something here, but it just isn't grabbing me. Uramichi's loneliness and listlessness are intriguing subjects, but the show fails to explain why he's doing this job. Out of all jobs out there, why this one? Being on TV isn't like being a desk clerk, it's not accessible to everyone, and this guy is part of something that holds live-action concerts, despite the director claiming their budget is small.

How he's not getting fired is odd as well, as he doesn't hold back and mutters his negativity towards the children he works with, constantly.
The humor in this show is very basic, which is a shame, because a story like this opens up so much. This could've been another Saiki K.

But what it does do well are Uramichi's inner monologues about his life and feelings. Many will relate, which is a tragedy by itself, because the character and the show itself don't give solutions to it. It just sheds a light. Sometimes, you are your problem, and even when you know it, still nothing changes.
To learn about his father was a frightening look into his past life that the anime oddly doesn't linger on, but I guess you don't need to say more than is necessary. The father being excused for what he's done I didn't like, though.

It's like Uramichi was born to fail, but despite his muttering and anger, he does see the good in the little he does have. His desire to see children happy is surprising and overall lovely, since there are so many abused children in the real world who grow up mimicking their parents' tomfoolery, without picking up on themselves doing it, despite remembering so clearly how it saddened them as a child.