By Alexander Tresniowski/Reported by Wendy Cole

There were no helicopters, no parachutists and no paparazzi, but the wedding of flaky pop star CYNDI LAUPER to actor DAVID THORNTON last week was just as colorful as Liz Taylor's nutty nuptials. Little Richard performed the ceremony. Paul ("Pee-wee Herman") Reubens videotaped it. Lauper's maid of honor was her 90-year-old grandmother, which is why Lauper kept paparazzi away ("I didn't want to spook her"). There was even a hitch in the hitching: Lauper couldn't get the wedding ring on her gloved finger. Silly Cyndi! And don't expect married life to make her less zany. Says Lauper: "I don't feel different." That's a relief.