The Wombat File Is Yours to Keep: The Friday Quiz: A Ridiculously Tenuous Connection

Tonight I post in haste, not because of impending deadlines but because-- having just spend a cornea-frying couple of hours working -- I need to stop seeing the blinking cursor, and right soon.

Let's get to today's double-underwhelmer.

Part the First: Born in England with the given names George Bryan, his more well-known nickname was drawn from a term, widely used during his lifetime, applied to many men (though not insulting, it was not generally used to their faces). He is often credited with an innovation, but not precisely an invention. He was also famous for suggesting a novel use of champagne. He had a very short military career, which ended when his regiment was ordered to Manchester and he resigned his commission. He fled the country after his debts became overwhelming and an intemperate remark led to his falling-out with an influential friend. He died of syphilis in 1840. What was the still-famous name by which he was known?

Part the Second: In the introduction to a 1937 Lux Radio Theatre play based on the man above's life, the famed director Cecil B. DeMille took an aside from the broadcast to ask for the audience's prayers on a particular matter of concern. For what did DeMille ask the audience's prayers?

Pre-emptive clarification: There is no other connection between the two answers, that I know of. The answer to Part 1 is not a particularly good clue to Part 2, nor will 2 get you 1.

First correct answer to each part wins a single stick-on googly-eyeball. Get both, and you've got yourself a pair of googly eyes, the envy of hobos and socialites alike. No Googling, despite the homonymic relationship between Google and googly. For good measure, no googlies, bosies, or wrong'uns either. One guess at either part per comment, but comment with all of your great, big, googly heart.