Complex sentence: Pete Michels, director of the episode, had read a story in the newspaper about people with famous names; he came up with a way of how Homer's life could be affected if he saw someone on TV with his name.
Split into simpler sentences: Pete Michels, director of the episode, had read a story in the newspaper about people with famous names. He came up with a way of how Homer's life could be affected if he saw someone on TV with his name.