Zac Levi Grand Marshal of the Ventura St Patrick’s Day Parade on March 13th.

Text courtesy of Ventura County Star.

The 22nd annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Ventura was a real homecoming for Grand Marshal Zachary Levi, star of the TV show “Chuck.”

Levi’s grandmother, Patricia Hoctor Troxell, was one of the founders of the parade, and the 29-year-old actor rode on the “green pig” float with her as a child.

“I never in my wildest dreams thought I’d be back here as grand marshal,” said Levi. “This is such a great honor.”

Levi, a Buena High School graduate, rode in a convertible and then joined the judges, helping to announce the parade while cracking wise.

“I love your cookies,” he called to the Girl Scouts Island View Service Unit. “If you had some Tagalongs and Thin Mints, you’d be a shoo-in to win this.”

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The nerd-spy TV series Chuck faced down cancellation and came out victorious, even adding six more episodes to the thirteen already on order for its third season. Unfortunately, there was one casualty: series star Zachary Levi was forced to turn down an offer to play Fandral, one of the “Warrior’s Three,” in director Kenneth Branagh’s live-action adaptation of the Thor comic book series, set to begin filming in January.

According to USA Weekend, the addition of six episodes caused a scheduling conflict that prevented Levi from accepting the role. Levi said that he had actually been asked to try out for the title role of the God of Thunder, as well, but declined.

I’m tall and in pretty good shape, but I’m not big and girthy like that.

Thor stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, and Anthony Hopkins as Thor’s father, Odin.

Guests were required to wear white to the party and left with neon paint spattered all over them. Celebs in attendance included her boyfriend Russell Brand, Taylor Swift and Julianne Hough.

Other celebs in attendance and pictured below: Chuck star Zachary Levi, Eastwick actor Matt Dallas and Joel Moore, who played Katy’s date in her “Waking Up In Vegas” music video.

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“Back to cruisin my sweet Schwinn around at work. Just like ridin a bike. Literally.”

Zachary Levi and Joshua Gomez said a lot of things about the third season of “Chuck” Wednesday night. A few of them may even be true.

The two stars of NBC’s cult favorite were clearly having a good time as they joshed with reporters at the network’s press tour party. As I entered their orbit, they were discussing Levi’s rather impressive beard (Gomez’s facial hair was also a little thicker than when we last saw him on the show) and how it might fit into the show.

“… We’re ice truckers that end up getting fired, then we go on ‘Deadliest Catch,’ then we had a short stint on ‘Ax Men,’” Levi explains. “You’ve actually probably already seen all this — it’s already aired. But we use some of it as B-roll in the season.”

“It’s a great crossover,” Gomez adds.

Things only got weirder from there. Here, as best I can replicate it, is a transcript.

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