Complex sentence: Retiring President Lyndon B. Johnson was portrayed as a befuddled long-horned steer; earlier, he had been portrayed as a centaur named "The Loan Arranger" in the offbeat "Pandemonia" sequences.
Split into simpler sentences: Retiring President Lyndon B. Johnson was portrayed as a befuddled long-horned steer. Earlier, LBJ had been portrayed as a centaur named "The Loan Arranger" in the offbeat "Pandemonia" sequences.