Complex sentence: Former US Senator Fred Thompson played the major speaking part during the court-martial Ed O'Neill was originally cast in the movie but when the movie was screened for test audiences, they laughed at him, as they all perceived him as his Married With Children character.
Split into simpler sentences: Former US Senator Fred Thompson played the major speaking part during the court-martial.Ed O'Neill was originally cast in the movie. But when the movie was screened for test audiences, they laughed at him, as they all perceived him as his Married With Children character.