Complex sentence: Serving during an incipient economic slump, one facetious reporter asked him, what his advice was for those who had trouble making ends meet; he replied that like him they should eat herring, a frugal source of nutrients.
Split into simpler sentences: Serving during an incipient economic slump, one facetious reporter asked him, what his advice was for those who had trouble making ends meet. He replied that, like him, they should eat herring, a frugal source of nutrients.