Bones of the cranium:
 Frontal
 Parietal
 Occipital
 Temporal
 Sphenoid
 Maxilla
 Nasal
 Zygomatic
 Mandible
 Ethmoid
 Lacrimal
 Palatine
 Vomer
 Inferior nasal concha
Ear:
 Maleus
 Incus
 Stapes
Perhaps Fester is suggesting that he and "every other person" in Ethiopia are lacking many of the bones that you listed.
Give Fester his due. It wouldn't surprise me if his cranium was indeed eight bones.
Bones of the cranium: 
 
Occipital 
Parietal (2) 
Frontal 
Temporal (2) 
Sphenoid 
Ethmoid 
 
Does this "missing link" have all of these, just like my skull and those of everyone else who lives in Ethiopia?