“Giving it to Elaine was easily one of the most important and seminal moments in the show,” Charles argues. “It gave Elaine an inner life. It was not a happy one. It was as dark as the guys.

Before Seinfeld became one of the best sitcoms of all time, the NBC series was almost a totally different show without Julia-Louis Dreyfus' Elaine.

I love the way Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Elaine Benes shoves people to express shock and surprise in Seinfeld — and I love it even more after learning the backstory behind it.

Louis-Dreyfus notched seven Emmy Award nominations for playing Elaine on “Seinfeld” and won once. She has since secured 10 more Emmys in her career for “The New Adventures of Old Christine ...

In the video, Badgley hits all of Elaine's iconic moves from the "Seinfeld" episode as Louis-Dreyfus looks on, unimpressed. (In the season 8 episode, Elaine's friends don't have the heart to tell ...