IT JUST HAPPENS SOMETIMES

Part n+1 in a neverending series of "things I think about when I'm out walking somewhere:"

SUDDEN OUT-OF-THE-BLUE QUESTION: Has Reginald VelJohnson ever played anything other than a cop?

IMPORTANT COROLLARY THAT OCCURRED TO ME .8 SECONDS LATER: How much would Family Matters have been improved if it had taken place explicitly within the Die Hard universe?