Of all the great things about television, the greatest is that it’s on every single day. TV history is being made, day in and day out, in ways big and small. In an effort to better appreciate this history, we’re taking a look back, every day, at one particular TV milestone.

IMPORTANT DATE IN TV HISTORY: October 10, 1996

PROGRAM ORIGINALLY AIRED ON THIS DATE: Seinfeld, “The Little Kicks” (season 8, episode 4). [Stream on Hulu.]

WHY IT’S IMPORTANT: Any argument that Seinfeld ran out of gas in its final two Larry David-less years is not entirely without merit, but it doesn’t hold up to an episode like “The Little Kicks” — first aired 20 years ago today — wherein Elaine invited George to her company holiday party, only to have him witness the great and terrible sight of her unique take on dancing.

Poor Elaine, once again done dirty by the social traditions of the holidays. First the Christmas card, now this. And George is always there to witness it from closer than he’d like to.

The physical brilliance of Julia Louis-Dreyfus in this scene cannot be overstated. She created a wholly unique vision of what terrible dancing could be, and she altered the course of how we’d hear the 1975 funk jam “Shining Star” for the rest of time. In many ways, “The Little Kicks” could have ended right after that opening scene. There is nothing in the ensuing 28 minutes that will top the sight of Elaine, thumbs-out, legs all akimbo, “WOO”-ing her way through Earth, Wind, and Fire while her direct-reports all gawk at her. George’s “sweet fancy Moses” just about sums it up. The only other part of the Elaine plot that approaches it is when Kramer catches sight of Elaine’s herky-jerky boogie. Kramer’s right: that ain’t dancing, Sally.

I’ll tell you what’s underrated about this episode, though: Frank Costanza. Frank ends up involved after one of Elaine’s employees starts dating George on the mistaken impression that he’s a bad boy. When George and Anna end up in the police station, Frank and Elaine converge and get in each other’s faces about whether George was at fault. The scene itself is pretty good. The ouutakes are outstanding.

You DO want a piece of “The Little Kicks.” Even though the fact that the episode is TWENTY years old should make us all want to turn into pillars of dust and blow away in the wind.

You can stream Seinfeld‘s “The Little Kicks” on Hulu.