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I would like to do this:

Display a single random entry from a channel.

Then display the remaining entries from the same channel, date ordered.

So I need to filter out the first entry from the second list.

NSM Transplant seems way over the top, I don’t think the Variables plugin can do this, I’m guessing I can’t assign the entry_id to a PHP varible?

You could do this with an embed I think.

Start with the main channel entries loop. Then within, pass the entry_id into an embed with a name of something like “exclude_this”

{exp:channel:entries channel="YOUR_CHANNEL" orderby="random" limit="1"}
{title}
{whatever_else}

{embed="includes/related_entries" exclude_this="{entry_id}"}
{/exp:channel:entries}

Then in the embed, just use the entry_id parameter with “not” to exclude the embedded entry_id ({embed:exclude_this}.

{exp:channel:entries channel="YOUR_CHANNEL" entry_id="not {embed:exclude_this}" orderby="date" sort="desc"}
{title}
{whatever_else}
{/exp:channel:entries}

More information on embeds here

Or you could use MX Jumper or Stash - both available from Devot-ee.com.  They enable you to declare a variable inside your entries loop for use outside the loop.  The variable can be anything you declare - url title, entry id, custom fields - anything.  They both work essentially the same way and are very effective for this purpose and provide performance benefits over multiple entries loops or embeds, since they don’t fire the template engine all over again.  Hope that helps you.