Younger & Younger
is a romantic comedy which tells the tale of Penelope Younger,
Penny for short, who dies of a broken heart due to her husband
Johnathan's wild antics and womanizing.
Younger Storage
Company has been in Penny's family for generations, and when
she married Johnathan 25 years prior, it became his too. Penny
continues to run the storage virtually by herself, because
Johnathan is completely wrapped up in himself and in chasing
women. Johnathan has a Whirlitzer organ, which he keeps in a
room over the office at Younger Storage. One day Johnathan
brings one of his women to his Whirlitzer organ room and makes
love to the woman on top of the organ. Penny, in the office
below, hears this and breaks down. Her heart gives out and she
dies.
Johnathan, not too
concerned with his wife's death, soon realizes just how
important Penny was to the business, and to him, when he
discovers he doesn't know the first thing about running the
storage company. He starts to have visits from his dead wife
who, with each visit, becomes "younger and younger"
and more and more beautiful until she reaches the age she was
when they were first married. He can think of no one or
anything else as each day passes. He soon learns, for the
first time, the true meaning of life and love.
One of the tenants
at the storage facility raises rabbits, so there are many
scenes in which rabbits are present. They are seen being held,
petted, sitting on the office desk, and in various other
scenes just being rabbits. In one scene a rabbit is in the
office on the floor when Johnathan enters proclaiming that
rabbits are not allowed in the office. He takes his foot and
pushes the rabbit out the door, closing it behind him. For
this scene, the actor took the side of his foot and lifted the
rabbit slightly, moving him out the door, making it appear as
if he was kicking the rabbit out. The rabbit was prepped for
this scene and was not traumatized by this action.
In two other scenes
rabbits are shown escaping from their caged van and hopping
around the parking area of the storage yard. These scenes were
shot in cuts. The rabbits were actually in fenced areas and
their trainers retrieved them after the scenes were completed.
In another scene,
dozens of rabbits are all sitting on a stairwell. The rabbits
had been placed there by their handlers. A rabbit is also seen
riding on the end of a rolled up carpet being dragged out of
the storage house by a tenant. The rabbit was prepped for this
scene and placed on the carpet, which was then pulled slowly
down the corridor. Penny also has two pet goldfish which are
present in a few scenes as atmosphere.