When he talks about Gatsby's guests wandering home from one of his bacchanals in the middle of the night, he doesn't just tell us that the band played on.

WSJ: The F. Scott Fitzgerald Songbook | Great Gatsby | By Will Friedwald

Checkers was a gift, as we all know, but in the case of Brownie Mr. Nixon found the dog wandering around the property of his New Jersey home one night, when he went out to take a walk, and then there it was, trotting in the front door.

NEWYORKER: Starlight