Shell script to monitor for a hung web page

Hello all.

I'm trying to put together a shell script to check for a "hung" or unresponsive web page and generate an email if that occurs.

I've looked at some wget and curl examples on line but nothing really meets my needs.

In addition to checking for a hung web site, I was wondering how I would reproduce a hung web page to confirm the check actually works.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance all.