Complex sentence: Jerry's next assignment is to hand Nero, the tightrope walker, a unicycle, and the audience roars with laughter at Jerry's fumbling attempts to climb a rope ladder while holding the bike.
Split into simpler sentences: Jerry's next assignment is to hand Nero, the tightrope walker, a unicycle. The audience roars with laughter at Jerry's fumbling attempts to climb a rope ladder while holding the bike.