Making God Laugh follows one typical American family over the course of thirty years? worth of holidays. Starting in 1980, Ruthie?s and Bill?s grown children ? a priest, an aMaking God Laugh follows one typical American family over the course of thirty years? worth of holidays. Starting in 1980, Ruthie?s and Bill?s grown children ? a priest, an aspiring actress, and a former football star ? all return home, where we learn of their plans and dreams as they embark on their adult livesspiring actress, and a former football star ? all return home, where we learn of their plans and dreams as they embark on their adult lives