Complex sentence: In 2004 a parody commercial featuring Manning had Manning giving "Garfield" two thumbs up aired on television, even though the film Garfield was distributed by 20th Century Fox, not Columbia.
Split into simpler sentences: In 2004 a parody commercial featuring Manning had Manning giving "Garfield" two thumbs up aired on television. Even though the film Garfield was distributed by 20th Century Fox, not Columbia.