Complex sentence: The black-and white "Popeye" cartoons were sold to television distributor Associated Artists Productions (A.A.P.) in 1956, the color cartoons the following year, and the original opening and closing Paramount titles were cut for TV syndication.
Split into simpler sentences: The black-and white "Popeye" cartoons were sold to television distributor Associated Artists Productions (A.A.P.) in 1956, and the color cartoons were sold to A.A.P. the following year. The original opening and closing Paramount titles were cut for TV syndication.