election in new york city in decades. >> the main candidates are mario cuomo, a young italian-american lawyer from queens. >> got to give those people work. got to give their children education. you've got to give them housing. you've got to give them a chance to live. >> very tough, very popular. and then there is another candidate. >> good morning, everybody. hi. hi. hi. hi, nice lady. i'm ed koch and i'm running for mayor. just want to say hello. hi, everybody. >> ed koch was a little bit of an underdog, unknown. >> he was a nobody. he was another outsider. >> it's just me. hi. >> i don't think anybody took it all that seriously. >> what can i do? >> that is until rupert embraced him.