Popeye’s, 1983.
Don’t limit yourself to the spork!
KFC. Musta been circa 1971.
Kentucky Fried Chicken, around 1970, when I moved to Schenectady.
I cannot tell you the exact time, but I do remember there being a couple plastic sporks in the ‘ends and odds’ type section of the silverware drawer at home when I was very young. They weren’t used for eating that much, but all of us young’uns thought that they were very cool. 
Just as a point of information.
OED has a cite for 1909. Combo spoon/fork/knife. Called a spork.
Brought back multiple times in the intervening years, but seems to have landed commercially for good just when you guys all remember–about 1970-71.
Fast food wasn’t at all common in the 70s, at least for my family.
It’s like Coke. That was a huge deal for us to get a pop. That was something for Christmas and your birthday.
During the summer it was
Me) Can I get a drink
Mother) Drink out of the hose
So I remember things like a funny looking spoon pretty well.
My Mum had a set of splayds that she got as a wedding gift (1974). We used them whenever we had cake (actually, we still use them whenever we have cake). Pretty sure both sets of Grandparents had them too.
KFC, late 70s.
It was that night in Barcelona. I was with a spoon who had a stem that wouldn’t quit. Cute little filly that could make your jaw drop with every dip and swing. But we was just bumpin’ gums. Then I saw her. Sitting right across from our table. She was with some knife, y’know the kind, a real dull blade. She had this sassy spunk I’d never seen before. Real moxy. The spork gave me a wink, and well, I was skewered. Right then and there. Much deeper than you’d think a dame like that had the chops for. Anyways, the spoon I was with, she gets all bent and blows. She may have been a spoon, but she could cut through the crust like a warm knife through butter.
Never saw the spoon again. As for the spork, yeh, we hitched up for a few spins at the local café, but before I could really sink my teeth in, I got the kiss off for some hard boiled fork. Some two-timin’ twist she was.
Last time you’ll see me get dizzy with a dame like that. Ever since, I ain’t been nuthin’ but a crumb.
When I saw this clip:
I don’t get it. The bent handle I can understand, but how to the holes reduce the mess?
I’m guessing it lets milk and broth drain. Usually toddlers fill their spoons up to the brim, and they’re not known for their coordination.
KFC, early 70’s. Probably '72 or '73.
KFC, mid-seventies, New York. The first time I actually heard somebody say the word aside from my Mom was in THE CRITIC in the mid-90s. Jay even mentions it’s that “spoon/fork thing that you get at Kentucky Fried Chicken”.
When Did You First Come Across A Spork
Just when you think you’ve heard of every bizarre kink out there…
After the transporter malfunction, when Spock and Kirk were beaming up together.
Early 70’s, backpacking catalog.
My mom wouldn’t let us eat fast food.
The spork has been around for quite a long time, over a century at least. Fast food places adopted the spork because it means that they only have to stock one sort of flatware instead of two. Campers/backpackers love titanium sporks, because again it’s just one utensil, and titanium is particularly strong and lightweight, so the hiker saves both weight and space in the pack. Titanium sporks are rather expensive, but quite durable and usually fairly attractive.
Not to mention making a good potential band name.