Disney Channel will debut a new episode of its Emmy Award-winning “Mickey Mouse” shorts called “¡Feliz Cumpleaños!”in honor of Mickey’s birthday on Wednesday, November 18(8:00 p.m., ET/PT). Entirely in Spanish, the episode features Danny Trejo (“Machete”) as a Piñata Boss who, along with his piñata crew, is determined to ruin Mickey’s birthday party. Mickey, his señorita Minnie and their friends must find a way to stop the piñatas from ruining the celebration.
“¡Feliz Cumpleaños!”was directed and storyboarded by Mexico City native and multiple Emmy Award-winner Alonso Ramirez Ramos. In addition to winning an individual achievement Emmy Award for storyboarding on Disney’s “Gravity Falls,” Ramirez Ramos storyboarded the 2014 Emmy Award-winning “Mickey Mouse” short “O Sole Minnie.”
Emmy Award-winning artist and director Paul Rudish (“Star Wars: Clone Wars”) is executive producer and supervising director of “Mickey Mouse,” which is a production of Disney Television Animation.