A frog on a lily pad decides he's going to make it as an entertainer in the big city, fails constantly, and keeps trying anyway. The show watches him fail with complete deadpan affection, every collapse, every humiliation, every scheme that backfires is treated like it matters. You're not laughing at him. You're laughing with him, because his refusal to quit isn't noble or dramatic; it's just who he is.
Shin Dokonjou Gaeru is a 1981 comedy and slice of life TV from Tokyo Movie Shinsha.